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Accidents

Brooklyn Bridge on Brooklyn tower

on Brooklyn anchorage

during cable positioning

Great Blowout.

on promenade

coal mine (1869)

of J. Roebling,

See also Bends; Blowouts;

Casualties; Collapsed bridges

Fires

Adams, Col. Julius

Adams, Mrs. Julius

Adams, Henry

Adams, John,

Adams, John Quincy

Advocate
(magazine)

Agnew, John T.

Air compressors

for Brooklyn caisson

for New York caisson

See also Compressed air

Air locks

bends and time spent in

“hospital lock,”

colds and bronchitis in

described

in Great Blowout

placement of

Air pressure, required

Albany Water Works

Alexandra (Empress of Russia)

Allegheny River Bridge (Pa.)

Allen, Horatio

maiden voyage of Brooklyn caisson

planning of Brooklyn Bridge and

Rink Committee investigation and

at J. Roebling’s funeral

tours St. Louis Bridge

Tweed and

American Society of Civil Engineers

Ammerman, Mr.

Anchor bars

contracts for

described

specifications for

Anchor plates

dimensions of

eyebar chains in

specifications for

Anchorages

approaches to

building time of Brooklyn

completed

design of

diagonal stays

dimensions of New York and Brooklyn

limestone in

masonry break in

W. Roebling on

specifications for New York

size of

technique for

See also Anchor bars; Anchor plates

Anderson, Maxwell

Appleton, Abram

Approaches

defined

foundations for

leading to anchorages

Arberg (worker)

Arc of Brooklyn Bridge

Arches, W. Roebling on

Arnold, Frederick.

Art, Brooklyn Bridge in

Arthur, Chester A.

at Brooklyn Bridge inauguration

Ashtabula bridge

Aspinwall, Gen. Lloyd

award of cable wire contracts and

Atlantic Monthly
(magazine)

August Eduard
(ship)

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Backhouse (committee chairman)

Baehr, Ferdinand

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O Railroad

Barnabo, John

Barnard, Frederick A

Barnes, Alfred C

Barnes, A. S

Barnes, Demas

building of Brooklyn Bridge sup

Committee of Investigation and

planning of Brooklyn Bridge and

reputation of

Rink Committee investigation and

at J. Roebling’s funeral

Barnum, P. T

Beach, Alfred E

Beach, Moses

Beals, J. H.

Beecher, Henry Ward

Beecher-Tilton Trial

at Brooklyn Bridge inauguration

fame of

on Fisk’s death

scandal involving

Beecher, Mrs. Henry Ward

Beecher-Tilton Trial

Beers, Henry

Bell, Alexander Graham

Bell (of Webb & Bell shipyards)

Bellknap, William

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Bends

from Brooklyn caisson

crippling

deaths

first cases

men most susceptible to

symptoms

“hospital lock” for treating

from New York caisson

case histories

effects first felt.

fear of

first deaths

return to compression

rules for avoiding

study of conditions and symptoms

time in air locks

nitrogen in blood and

Bends

of St. Louis Bridge men

W. Roebling gets, see Roebling, Washington A.—health of

Bennett, James Gordon

Benson, Arthur W.

Bert, Paul

Bessemer, Henry

Bessemer steel

conflict over use of

production of

Big Bend Tunnel

Billy Sunday (dog)

Black Friday (1869)

Blake, Thomas

Blasting for caisson placement

Blowouts

frequency of

Great Blowout

of supply shaft

Boardwalks, projected

Bodwell, J. R.

Bodwell Granite Company

Bogardus, James

Bonetecon (doctor)

Bossism,
see
Kings County Democrats; McLaughlin, Hugh; Tweed, William M.

Bouch, Sir Thomas

Bowen, Henry

Brennan, Matthew T.

Brevoort, J. Carson

Bridge, The
(poem by Crane)

Bridge, The
(painting by Stella)

Bridge Party

members of

paying for

purpose of

J. Roebling joins

tours J. Roebling’s works

Brinkman (doctor)

Britannia Bridge (Wales)

Brodie, Steve

Brooklyn (“City of Churches”)

becomes a borough of New York City

bridge scheme to benefit

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Heights, see Brooklyn Heights

ferries of

New York compared with (1869)

political corruption in

see also Rink Committee

political structure of

population of

social and economic conditions in

topography of

transformed

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (N.Y.C.)

Brooklyn Bridge (East River Bridge; Empire Bridge; Great Bridge The New York and Brooklyn Bridge; Roebling Bridge)

completed

construction begun on

declared historic landmark (1964)

importance of

jumps from

first suicide

location of

inauguration of, see Inauguration

men killed building

official name of (The New York and Brooklyn Bridge)

vital statistics on

See also other specific topics