James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887), US civil engineer. Eads worked in salvage on the Mississippi, then built ironclad warships during the US Civil War. A
James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887), US civil engineer. Eads worked in salvage on the Mississippi, then built ironclad warships during the US Civil War. After the war, he designed and oversaw the construction of a steel rail and road bridge across the Mississippi between St Louis, Missouri, and East St Louis, Illinois. It was 1964 metres long and 27 metres high, the longest arch bridge in the world at the time. It was constructed between 1867 and 1874, and was named the Eads Bridge in honour of its designer. This photograph, which dates from between 1865 and 1880, is part of a collection of photographs from the Brady-Handy studio.
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