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Gateway to Greatness — A Profile of James B. Eads
James Buchanan Eads (1820–1887) is today recognized as one of America's greatest citizens, and in 1932, the Deans of American Colleges of Engineering named him as one of the five greatest engineers of all time, placing him in the company of Thomas Edison and Leonardo Da Vinci (PBS 1999–2000). He is perhaps best known for his role in constructing the St. Louis Bridge, now called the Eads Bridge, across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. This bridge was completed in 1874, and at the time it was the longest span bridge in history and was the first of its kind to employ a steel arch design. As a testament to Eads' engineering achievement, the bridge is still in use today by the Metro (Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District) light rail system and by highway traffic. It was, and still is, considered a great accomplishment of engineering and aesthetics.
Gateway to Greatness — A Profile of James B. Eads
James Buchanan Eads (1820–1887) is today recognized as one of America's greatest citizens, and in 1932, the Deans of American Colleges of Engineering named him as one of the five greatest engineers of all time, placing him in the company of Thomas Edison and Leonardo Da Vinci (PBS 1999–2000). He is perhaps best known for his role in constructing the St. Louis Bridge, now called the Eads Bridge, across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. This bridge was completed in 1874, and at the time it was the longest span bridge in history and was the first of its kind to employ a steel arch design. As a testament to Eads' engineering achievement, the bridge is still in use today by the Metro (Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District) light rail system and by highway traffic. It was, and still is, considered a great accomplishment of engineering and aesthetics.
Gateway to Greatness — A Profile of James B. Eads
Weiland, J. L. (author) / Buechter, M. T. (author)
Great River History Symposium at World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 ; 2009 ; Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Great Rivers History ; 41-51
2009-05-08
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Gateway to Greatness-A Profile of James B. Eads
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