The Great Bridge (91 page)

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

testifies in Miller suit

Madison, James

Maginnis, Arthur Ambrose

Maginnis, Mary (Mary A. Tweed)

Maid of Mist
(ship)

Maintenance of Brooklyn Bridge

“Man. Conscience” (J. Roebling)

Manhattan,
see
New York

Manhattan Bridge (N.Y.C.)

Mansfield, Josie

Marin, John

Marshall, William

removal of W. Roebling and

wire fraud and

Martin

accidents at Brooklyn tower and

award of cable wire contracts and

Bridge plans and

cable installation and

Farrington’s quarrel with

fire in Brooklyn caisson and

footbridge work and

maintenance work and

promenade accident and

at J. Roebling’s funeral

W. Roebling and

removal of Roebling and

replaces Roebling

Roebling’s bends attacks and

suffers bends attack

testifies in Miller suit

trusswork and

wire fraud and

Martin, James

Martin, Kingsley

Mary Powell
(ship)

Meade, Gen. George

Melville, Herman

Menai Strait bridge (Wales)

Mercantile Library (Brooklyn)

Merrimac
(ship)

Methfessel, Laura (daughter of John Roebling)

children of

death of her father and

Methfessel, Mr. (husband of Laura)

Miller, Abraham

Miller, William

Mills Building (N.Y.C.)

Mineola
(ferry)

Minnesota
(ship)

Monitor
(ship)

Monroe, James

Mont Cenis Tunnel

Montauk
(ferry)

Morgan, J. P.

Morgan, John

Morgan, Junius

Moreaux (French engineer)

Morris, George Pope

Morse, Samuel F. B.

Morse Building (N.Y.C.)

Motley (board member)

Mullen, Neil

Mumford, Lewis

Murphy, G. I.

Murphy, Henry C.

award of cable contracts and

breakup of Tweed Ring and

Brooklyn Bridge and bridge idea spearheaded by

bridge plans and

bridge trains and