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In 1867, the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company, made up of a group of City bankers and businessmen, hired James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887) to build one. Eads was a self-educated engineer and had never built a bridge before.
Il y a 1 jour · We’re thrilled to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Eads Bridge by delving into the life and accomplishments of James Buchanan Eads. Join us on July 18, 2024, for the next Unseen STL History Talks, where we will explore the Eads Bridge and other fascinating, lesser-known stories about our hometown engineering genius.
Il y a 5 jours · ST. LOUIS — The Fourth of July is not only America’s Birthday. It’s also the day the Eads Bridge officially opened 150 years ago. It was the most prominent landmark of St. Louis before the...
19 juin 2024 · The most famous of these was the contest between James Buchanan Eads, a brilliant civil engineer who advocated making space along the river’s banks for its water to flow and flood, and Andrew...
25 juin 2024 · James Eads. A young self-educated river engineer named James Buchanan Eads offered St. Louis leaders a solution. He had no experience with bridge design, though he’d made a name for himself salvaging wrecks on the river bottom and designing ironclad gunboats for the Union navy during the Civil War. Credit: Library of Congress
Il y a 5 jours · During the the huge gala on the Fourth, the bridge’s designer and builder, James Buchanan Eads, was one of the passengers on a train that crossed the bridge from the Illinois side. On the Missouri side a procession of 100,000 people met the train. There was a magnificent fireworks display in the evening. Here’s the beginning of a ...
25 juin 2024 · (I’ll always remember how John Barry describes engineer James Buchanan Eads walking “the river bottom, alone in the silent and turbulent darkness” as he salvaged sunken cargo.) Barry is now...
