. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. ver theEast River, designed and builtby Mr. Lmdenthal, is the largeststeel arch l)ridge in the world. It carries four railroad tracks over aspan of 1017 feet between towers. Crossing from Long Island to WardsIsland, it forms part of a masonry and steel viaduct three miles long in-cluding a long In-idge over Little Hell Gate and a Lift Bridge over BronxKill. The bridge work contains tons of steel and cost about^
. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. ver theEast River, designed and builtby Mr. Lmdenthal, is the largeststeel arch l)ridge in the world. It carries four railroad tracks over aspan of 1017 feet between towers. Crossing from Long Island to WardsIsland, it forms part of a masonry and steel viaduct three miles long in-cluding a long In-idge over Little Hell Gate and a Lift Bridge over BronxKill. The bridge work contains tons of steel and cost about^25,000,000. Mr. Lindenthal obtained his college education in Brunn and began his professional career as an assistant in the engmeering depart-ment of the Austrian Empress Elizabeth Railroad in 1870. He was assis-tant engineer of the Union Construction Co. (Union Baugesellschaft) inVienna, engaged in building an inclined plane and railroad (lS72-73), andwas division engineer of the Swiss National Railroad, in charge of locationand construction durmg 1873-74. In 1874 he emigrated to America and hasachieved a foremost place among the leading engineers of the United. 330 Lines States. He was first engaged as assistant engineer in tlie erection of theCentennial Extiibition permanent buildings in Philadelphia during 1874-1877; then with the Keystone Bridge Co. until 1879, engaged on bridge con-struction in Chicago and Pittsburgh, and during 1879-81 was bridge engi-neer of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, now known as the NewYork, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad of the Erie System. Thereafter established himself as an Independent engineer with his mainofiice in Pittsburgh, where he had a large professional practice. It in-cluded the building of many important bridge structures, too numerous tomention, the surveys and construction of railroads, trolley lines, wharves,tunnels and difficult foundations. In 1892 Mr. Lindenthal transferred hisoffice from Pittsbur
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