The Great Bridge (92 page)

Brooklyn anchorage accident and

cable positioning and

cost of bridge

footbridge work and

Kelly’s decision to withhold funds and

Committee of Investigation report and

death of

Kingsley compared with

New York Bridge Company and

as president

progress reports submitted

reorganization of board of trustees and

New York World attacks

Rink Committee investigation and

at J. Roebling’s funeral

W. Roebling and Roebling’s bends attacks and

Roebling’s correspondence with

Roebling’s removal and

at RPI alumni gathering

sale of bridge stock and

wire fraud and

Murphy, John

Music Academy (Brooklyn)

My Life and Loves
(Harris)

Myers, John

Napoleon I (Emperor of France)

Nast, Thomas

Nation, The
(magazine)

National Historic Landmark, Brooklyn Bridge as

New York (N.Y.) Brooklyn compared with (1869)

effects of bridge building on

first subway in

impressions of

population of

1869: 104

1883: 506

1930: 551

social life of

New York Bridge Company (Brooklyn)

accident at tower site and

audited

Board of Directors of

Chief Engineer of, see Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.

Committee of Investigation of

changes following report

report of

engineering staff of

see also Collingwood, Francis, Jr.; Farrington, E. F.; Hildenbrand, Wilhelm; McNulty, George; Martin, C. C.; Paine, Col. William; Probasco, Samuel; Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.

Kinsella leaves

Murphy and

see also Murphy, Henry C.

New York World attacks

offices of

original charter of, modified

powers of

Rink Committee investigates

stock of

graft and

ownership of

scandal over

selling

Tweed Ring control of

value of

sued,

wire fraud and

New York and Brooklyn Bridge, (official name of Brooklyn Bridge),
see also
Brooklyn Bridge

New York & Brooklyn Saw Mill and Lumber Company

New York Central Railroad

New York City (N.Y.),
see also
Brooklyn; New York

New York
Evening Post
(newspaper)

New York
Herald
(newspaper)

award of cable wire contracts and

Centennial Exhibition and

footbridge work and

marriage of Tweed’s daughter and

positioning of cables and

New York Illustrated Times
(newspaper)

New York
Mirror
(newspaper)

New York Polytechnic Society

New York
Star
(newspaper)

New York
Sun
(newspaper)

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

Centennial Exhibition and

on W. Roebling

New York Times
(newspaper)

breakup of Tweed Ring and

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

cable wire positioning and

1882 Democratic state convention and

on Vanderbilt fancy-dress ball

wire fraud and

New York
Tribune
(newspaper)

breakup of Tweed Ring and

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

footbridge work and

removal of W. Roebling and

Rink Committee investigation and

New York
World
(newspaper)

attacks New York Bridge Company

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

on cable positioning

on Committee of Investigation

Kingsley interviewed by

Rink Committee investigation and

New York’s Novelty Iron Works

Newell, Stub

Newport
Daily News
(newspaper)

Newport Guide,

Newton, Sir Isaac

Newton, Gen. John

Niagara Bridge (International Suspension Bridge)

Ellet and

footbridge of

plans for

Niagara Falls
Gazette
(newspaper)

Nicholas II (Czar of Russia)

Nitrogen, effects of sudden release of, in bloodstream

Nolan, Samuel Barnes B.

North American Review
(magazine)

Northern Pacific Railroad

O’Brien, Jimmy

Occupational hazards,
see
Accidents; Bends; Casualties

Odium, Robert E.

O’Keeffe, Georgia

Olmsted, Frederick Law

On the Bowery
(play)

O’Neil, James

Orangemen’s Parade riots (1870, 1871)

O’Rourke, Matthew J.

Osborne, Louis

Otis Elevator Company

Overman, Frederick

Overton, Charles

Owl’s Head Park (Brooklyn)

Paine, Col. William

award of cable wire contracts and

Brooklyn caisson and

Brooklyn tower accident and

cable positioning and

footbridge work and

inventions of

New York caisson and

New York tower and

at J. Roebling’s funeral

removal of W. Roebling and

Tay Bridge collapse and

trusswork and

wire fraud and

Panama Canal

Panics

1857:

1869:

1873:

Paralysis caused by compressed air,
see also
Bends

Parrott, Robert

Peale, Rembrandt

Peck, C. G.

Pedro, Dom (Emperor of Brazil)

Pennell, Joseph

Pennsylvania Canal

Pennsylvania Railroad

People’s Day, see Inauguration

Phoenix Iron Company

Picnic on the Hudson
(Rossiter)

Pierce, Franklin

Pierrepont, Henry E.

Pierrepont, Hezekiah

Piers of Brooklyn

Pikes Peak Railway

Pile drivers for blasting

Pittsburgh aqueduct (Pa.)

Plymouth Church (Brooklyn)

pastor of, see Beecher, Henry Ward

Pneumatic caissons,
see
Caissons, pneumatic

Pneumatic trains

Pneumatic tunnels