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James Buchanan Eads

Born on 23 May 1820
in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA
Deceased on 8 March 1887
in Nassau, Bahamas (The)
James Buchanan Eads
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Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
 
Eads Bridge (1874) 11

Bibliography
* Eads, James B.   Report of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, Missouri Democrat Book and Job Printing House, Saint Louis (USA) , 1868.

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Relevant Literature
* Dietrich, Richard J.   Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 178-185.
* Dorsey, Florence   Road to the Sea, Reinhart & Company, New York (USA) , 1947.
* How, Louis   James B. Eads, Books for Librarian Press, Hempstead (USA) , 1970.
* Marrey, Bernard   Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 307.
* Petroski, Henry   Engineers of Dreams, Vintage Books, New York (USA) , ISBN 0679730210, 1995; pp. 22-65.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 112-7.
* Williams, Jr., J. Wayman   James B. Eads and His St. Louis Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1977, n. 10 v. 47 .

 
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