The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough
Engineering staff of New York Bridge
Company
Collingwood, Francis, Jr.; Farrington, E. F.; Hildenbrand, Wilhelm; Martin, C. C.; McNulty, George; Paine, Col. William H.; Probasco, Samuel; Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.
Ericsson, John
Erie Canal
Erie Railroad
Evarts, William M.
Everett, Edward
Fairchild, Charles
Fare, bridge train
Farrington, E. F.
Brooklyn caisson and
Brooklyn tower and
cable positioning and
cable snaps
crossing over cables
Emily Roebling and
floor planking and
footbridge work and
in charge of work
resigns
salary of
Farrow, Cornelia Witsell
Ferries
Feininger, Lyonel
Fifty, Committee of, see Rink Committee
Films, Brooklyn Bridge in
Finley, James
Fires
in Brooklyn caisson
damage
in Brooklyn Theater
Chicago
Rock Island Bridge
on General Slocum
Pittsburgh aqueduct destroyed by
Fish, Hamilton
Fish, Julia
Fisk, Jim
Black Friday and
killed
at marriage of Tweed’s daughter
Tweed and
Flad, Henry
Floor
planking for
widening
See also Roadway
Floor beams, steel
Flower, Roswell P.
Flume of Pittsburgh aqueduct
“Flying Pendent Lever Bridge” (Rainbow Bridge)
Foley, Antoine
Folger, Charles J.
Footbridges
of Brooklyn Bridge
of Cincinnati Bridge
Farrington and
of Niagara Bridge
Ford, Gordon
Foundations
of Brooklyn Bridge
for approaches
going below riverbed with
projected depth of
J. Roebling on
wooden (for towers)
of Cincinnati Bridge
for St. Louis Bridge
See also Anchorages; Caissons
Fox, Richard K.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,
Franklin, Benjamin
Frederick the Great (Carlyle)
Frelinghuysen, Theodore
Frémont, Gen. John (Pathfinder)
Fulton, Robert
Fulton Street (Brooklyn)
Garfield, James A.
Garvey (Prince of Plasterers)
General Slocum (ship)
George, Henry
George Washington Bridge
Gilded Age, The (Twain)
Gill, Washington
Gleizes, Albert
Godkin, E. L.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Golden Gate Bridge (Calif.)
Gould, Jay
Grace, William R.
audit of New York Bridge Company and
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
removal of W. Roebling and, 491
Grand Central Depot
Grand Pont (Switzerland)
Granite, use of
Grant, Julia
Grant, Ulysses S
Beecher compared with
Brooklyn Bridge and
at Centennial Exhibition
in Civil War
St. Louis Bridge safety and
Tweed Ring and
Warren and
Great Blowout
Great Bridge, see Brooklyn Bridge
Great Central Railroad
Great Eastern (ship)
Great Railroad Strike
Great Western Canada Railroad
Grecian Bend
see also Bends
Greeley, Horace
Green, Andrew H
Greene (professor)
Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
Guglielmi, O. Louis
Haigh, J. Lloyd
bankruptcy of
cable contract award and
jailed
wire fraud of
Hall, A. Oakey
Harbison, Massy
Harney, Gen. William S.
Harper’s Monthly (magazine)
Harper’s Weekly (magazine)
on Avondale coal mine accident
award of cable wire contracts and
breakup of Tweed Ring and
on Brooklyn caisson
Harpers Ferry bridge (Va.)
Harris, Frank (worker)
Harris, Frank (writer)
Hassam, Childe
Havemeyer, William
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Heffner (worker)
Hegel, G. W. F.
Hemp hawsings, iron rope replacing
Henry, John
Henshaw (doctor)
Herting (grandmother of John Roebling)
Hewitt, Abram
award of cable wire contracts and
breakup of Tweed Ring and
at Brooklyn Bridge
inauguration
at 1882 Democratic state convention
Rink Committee investigation and
as Tilden’s campaign manager
Hewitt, Charles
Hildenbrand, Wilhelm
designs of New York anchorage and
trusswork and
Williamsburg Bridge built by
Hill, Albert
Hoffman, John T.
Hoisting engines
double
for positioning cables
to raise stone blocks of towers
Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls)
Hook, Mrs. (sister of Emily Roebling)
Hooker, Gen. Joseph (Fighting Joe)
Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.)
“Hospital lock,”
Houses built by J. Roebling
Howell, James
Howells, William Dean
Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
Hull (manufacturer)
Humphreys, Gen. A. A.
Hunter, John W.
Hunter, W., Jr.
Husted, S. L.
Hydraulic jacks for excavating for caissons
Immigration, German (1831)
Inauguration (Brooklyn Bridge)
Brooklyn prepares for
ceremonies described
electric lights turned on
excitement in New York
invitations to
planning of
reception following
speeches made at
Inclined stays, see Diagonal stays
Income tax, introduced
Independent (newspaper)
Injuries, see Casualties
Inman Line (ship line)
Innocents Abroad, The (Twain)
Intelligencer (newspaper)
International Suspension Bridge, see Niagara Bridge
Investigating committees, see Investigation, Committee of; Rink Committee; Seventy, Committee of
Investigation, Committee of (New York Bridge Company)
Iron Age, The (magazine)
Iron buildings
Iron ropes, first manufactured
Iron superstructure, weight of see also Superstructure
Irving, Washington
Jacobs Creek chain bridge (La.)
Jacobson, Andrew
Jackson, Gen. T. J. “Stonewall,”
James, Henry
James, Jesse
Jaminet (doctor)
Jarvis, Charles H. (husband of Josephine Roebling)
Jarvis, Josephine (daughter of John Roebling)
Jay Cooke & Company
Jefferson, Thomas
Jenkins, J. W.
Jenks, G. T.
John A. Roebling’s Sons
award of cable contract and
bought out
Hildenbrand’s work for
incorporates
W. Roebling in charge of
size of
wire fraud and
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Gen. Jeremiah
Johnson, Samuel
Jones, George
Journal of Commerce (newspaper)
July Revolution (German; 1830)
Jumps from Brooklyn Bridge
see also Suicides
Kalbfleisch, Martin
Kearsarge (ship)
Keefer, Samuel
Kenney, Abner
Kelly, “Honest John,”
at 1882 Democratic state convention
withholding of funds for Brooklyn Bridge by
Kelso (New York Police superintendent)
Keystone Bridge Company
Keystones of Brooklyn tower arch
King, Major W. R.
Kings County Democrats
breakup of Tweed Ring and
at Brooklyn caisson launching
at Democratic state convention
Kingsley, William C.
breakup of Tweed Ring and
Committee of Investigation
New York World investigates
Rink Committee investigates
Brooklyn Bridge and
award of cable wire contracts
bridge plans
bridge trains
bridge idea spearheaded by
cost estimates
fare cost
at inauguration ceremony
money furnished by
trusswork
Brooklyn caisson and
Brooklyn Theater fire and
Brooklyn tower and
building of Central Park and
death of Murphy and
at launching of New York caisson
political ambitions of
1882 state Democratic convention
on quality of American manufacturing
J. Roebling’s funeral and
W. Roebling and
removal of Roebling
Roebling’s staff
sale of bridge stock
Steinmetz’s hostility to
Tweed denounced by
wire fraud
Kingsley, Mrs. William
Kingsley & Keeney (contractors)
Kimbel, Charles
Kinsella, Thomas
award of cable wire contracts and
breakup of Tweed Ring and
in Bridge Party
bridge plans and
bridge trains and
on Brooklyn caisson
1882 Democratic state convention and
footbridge work and
at launching of New York caisson
leaves New York Bridge Company
on politicians
removal of W. Roebling and
Rink Committee investigation and
on J. Roebling
at Roebling’s funeral
Kirkwood, James Pugh
Kloman, Andrew
Kohrner, William
Krupp works (Essen, Germany)
Land spans, defined
Lane, William
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
Laveille, Gussie
Lawsuits
against J. Kelly
against New York Bridge Company
against W. Roebling
involving Lincoln
started by Miller
Leavy (shipmaster)
Lee, Gen. Robert E.
Lesseps, Ferdinand de
Levy, Jules
Lewis, John W.
Lewiston suspension bridge (N.Y.)
Liberty, Statue of (N.Y.C.)
Lickey, Phebe (mother of Emily Roebling)
Lights
for Brooklyn caisson
at inauguration
for terminal buildings
turned on
Limelights (calcium lamps) in Brooklyn caisson
Limestone
in anchorages
first block of
selecting
specifications for
Lincoln, Abraham
assassination of
on Beecher
lawsuit involving
H.C. Murphy and
Paine promoted by
W. Roebling on
Linville, J. H., 1
Literature, Brooklyn Bridge in
Littlejohn, A. N.
Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn)
Lott, John A.
Low, A. A.
Low, Seth
auditing New York Bridge Company and
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
removal of W. Roebling and
Lyman, Col. Theodore
Lynch, Mike
McAlpine, William J.
McCann (worker)
McCarey, Francis
McCarthy, Timothy
McCue, Alexander
as attorney for New York Bridge Company
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
Committee of Investigation and
McDonald (worker)
McDonald, Charles
McDowell, Gen. Irvin
McGrath (worker)
McKay, Patrick
McLaughlin, Hugh (Boss)
breakup of Tweed Ring and
bridge plans and
Brooklyn Ring and
corruption of
Kingsley and
Low and
wire fraud and
McLean, Samuel
McNulty, George
Brooklyn anchorage accident and
Brooklyn caisson and
Brooklyn terminal building designed
cable positioning and
design of Brooklyn tower and
footbridge work and
Tay Bridge collapse and