Biographical Information
| Name: | Charles Ellet Jr. |
|---|---|
| Born on | 1 January 1810 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, North America |
| Deceased on | 21 June 1862 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, USA, North America |
| 1832 | Ellet returns from Europe after studying at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussés |
| 1841 - 1842 | Builds wire suspension bridge across the Shuylkill river at Fairmont |
| 1853 | Railroad over the Blue Ridge at Rock Fish Gap |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
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Bibliography
- (1848): Report on a rail-way suspension bridge across the Connecticut, at Middletown. J.C. Clark, printer, Philadelphia (USA), pp. 62.
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 265.
- (1993): Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 79.
- (2005): Charles Ellet Jr. and Frank Heger. In: Leadership and Management in Engineering (ASCE), v. 5, n. 2 (April 2005), pp. 51-55.
- (1968): Charles Ellet Jr., 1810-1862. The Engineer as Individualist. University of Illinois Press, Chicago (USA).
- (2018): Navier's 1823 Mémoire: Analyses and observations on displacements and stiffness of suspension bridges. Presented at: 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 667-673.
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22/07/2014
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