Maintenance of Brooklyn Bridge
“Man. Conscience” (J. Roebling)
Manhattan, see New York
Manhattan Bridge (N.Y.C.)
Mansfield, Josie
Marin, John
Marshall, William
removal of W. Roebling and
wire fraud and
Martin
accidents at Brooklyn tower and
award of cable wire contracts and
Bridge plans and
cable installation and
Farrington’s quarrel with
fire in Brooklyn caisson and
footbridge work and
maintenance work and
promenade accident and
at J. Roebling’s funeral
W. Roebling and
removal of Roebling and
replaces Roebling
Roebling’s bends attacks and
suffers bends attack
testifies in Miller suit
trusswork and
wire fraud and
Martin, James
Martin, Kingsley
Mary Powell (ship)
Meade, Gen. George
Melville, Herman
Menai Strait bridge (Wales)
Mercantile Library (Brooklyn)
Merrimac (ship)
Methfessel, Laura (daughter of John Roebling)
children of
death of her father and
Methfessel, Mr. (husband of Laura)
Miller, Abraham
Miller, William
Mills Building (N.Y.C.)
Mineola (ferry)
Minnesota (ship)
Monitor (ship)
Monroe, James
Mont Cenis Tunnel
Montauk (ferry)
Morgan, J. P.
Morgan, John
Morgan, Junius
Moreaux (French engineer)
Morris, George Pope
Morse, Samuel F. B.
Morse Building (N.Y.C.)
Motley (board member)
Mullen, Neil
Mumford, Lewis
Murphy, G. I.
Murphy, Henry C.
award of cable contracts and
breakup of Tweed Ring and
Brooklyn Bridge and bridge idea spearheaded by
bridge plans and
bridge trains and
Brooklyn anchorage accident and
cable positioning and
cost of bridge
footbridge work and
Kelly’s decision to withhold funds and
Committee of Investigation report and
death of
Kingsley compared with
New York Bridge Company and
as president
progress reports submitted
reorganization of board of trustees and
New York World attacks
Rink Committee investigation and
at J. Roebling’s funeral
W. Roebling and Roebling’s bends attacks and
Roebling’s correspondence with
Roebling’s removal and
at RPI alumni gathering
sale of bridge stock and
wire fraud and
Murphy, John
Music Academy (Brooklyn)
My Life and Loves (Harris)
Napoleon I (Emperor of France)
Nast, Thomas
Nation, The (magazine)
National Historic Landmark, Brooklyn Bridge as
New York (N.Y.) Brooklyn compared with (1869)
effects of bridge building on
first subway in
impressions of
population of
1869: 104
1883: 506
1930: 551
social life of
New York Bridge Company (Brooklyn)
accident at tower site and
audited
Board of Directors of
Chief Engineer of, see Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.
Committee of Investigation of
changes following report
report of
engineering staff of
see also Collingwood, Francis, Jr.; Farrington, E. F.; Hildenbrand, Wilhelm; McNulty, George; Martin, C. C.; Paine, Col. William; Probasco, Samuel; Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.
Kinsella leaves
Murphy and
see also Murphy, Henry C.
New York World attacks
offices of
original charter of, modified
powers of
Rink Committee investigates
stock of
graft and
ownership of
scandal over
selling
Tweed Ring control of
value of
sued,
wire fraud and
New York and Brooklyn Bridge, (official name of Brooklyn Bridge), see also Brooklyn Bridge
New York & Brooklyn Saw Mill and Lumber Company
New York Central Railroad
New York City (N.Y.), see also Brooklyn; New York
New York Evening Post (newspaper)
New York Herald (newspaper)
award of cable wire contracts and
Centennial Exhibition and
footbridge work and
marriage of Tweed’s daughter and
positioning of cables and
New York Illustrated Times (newspaper)
New York Mirror (newspaper)
New York Polytechnic Society
New York Star (newspaper)
New York Sun (newspaper)
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
Centennial Exhibition and
on W. Roebling
New York Times (newspaper)
breakup of Tweed Ring and
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
cable wire positioning and
1882 Democratic state convention and
on Vanderbilt fancy-dress ball
wire fraud and
New York Tribune (newspaper)
breakup of Tweed Ring and
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
footbridge work and
removal of W. Roebling and
Rink Committee investigation and
New York World (newspaper)
attacks New York Bridge Company
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
on cable positioning
on Committee of Investigation
Kingsley interviewed by
Rink Committee investigation and
New York’s Novelty Iron Works
Newell, Stub
Newport Daily News (newspaper)
Newport Guide,
Newton, Sir Isaac
Newton, Gen. John
Niagara Bridge (International Suspension Bridge)
Ellet and
footbridge of
plans for
Nicholas II (Czar of Russia)
Nitrogen, effects of sudden release of, in bloodstream
Nolan, Samuel Barnes B.
North American Review (magazine)
Northern Pacific Railroad
O’Brien, Jimmy
Occupational hazards, see Accidents; Bends; Casualties
Odium, Robert E.
O’Keeffe, Georgia
Olmsted, Frederick Law
On the Bowery (play)
O’Neil, James
Orangemen’s Parade riots (1870, 1871)
O’Rourke, Matthew J.
Osborne, Louis
Otis Elevator Company
Overman, Frederick
Overton, Charles
Owl’s Head Park (Brooklyn)
Paine, Col. William
award of cable wire contracts and
Brooklyn caisson and
Brooklyn tower accident and
cable positioning and
footbridge work and
inventions of
New York caisson and
New York tower and
at J. Roebling’s funeral
removal of W. Roebling and
Tay Bridge collapse and
trusswork and
wire fraud and
Panama Canal
Panics
1857:
1869:
1873:
Paralysis caused by compressed air, see also Bends
Parrott, Robert
Peale, Rembrandt
Peck, C. G.
Pedro, Dom (Emperor of Brazil)
Pennell, Joseph
Pennsylvania Canal
Pennsylvania Railroad
People’s Day, see Inauguration
Phoenix Iron Company
Picnic on the Hudson (Rossiter)
Pierce, Franklin
Pierrepont, Henry E.
Pierrepont, Hezekiah
Piers of Brooklyn
Pikes Peak Railway
Pile drivers for blasting
Pittsburgh aqueduct (Pa.)
Plymouth Church (Brooklyn)
pastor of, see Beecher, Henry Ward
Pneumatic caissons, see Caissons, pneumatic
Pneumatic trains
Pneumatic tunnels
Pneumatic water closet
Poems on Brooklyn Bridge
Pol M. B.
Police Gazette (newspaper)
Pope, Thomas
Population of Brooklyn and New York
1869:
1883:
1930:
Portage Railroad
Post, George B.
Powell, Samuel S.
Prentice, John H.
Probasco, Samuel
Promenade
accident on
projected elevated
Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
Prototype of suspension bridges
Pulitzer, Joseph
Pyramid Pin Company
Quebec bridge (Canada), collapse of
Queensboro Bridge (N.Y.C.)
Quintard, Orestes P.
Railroad Journal (magazine)
Railroads
accident in
bridges crossed by
Niagara Bridge and
first locomotive, see also Trains growth of
J. Roebling and
See also specific railroads
Rainbow Bridge (projected bridge)
Rappahannock suspension bridge (Md.)
Rawlins, John A.
Raymond, Rossiter W.
Reading Railroad
Reardon (worker)
Reed (worker)
Reed, Walter
Rendel (British engineer)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Restell, Madame
Revenues
from Allegheny River Bridge
from Cincinnati Bridge
expected from Brooklyn Bridge
Richard Johnson & Nephew
Riedel, Edward
Riley, E.
Riley, James
Riley, John
Rink Committee (Committee of Fifty)
investigates New York Bridge Company
organized
River span
of Brooklyn Bridge
criticized
elevation of
elevation raised
length extended
of Cincinnati Bridge
of Jacob’s Creek suspension bridge
of Niagara Bridge
of Smithfield Street Bridge
of Wheeling Bridge
Roadway
of Brooklyn Bridge
completed
first crossing on
specifications of
of Cincinnati Bridge
Robinson, Capt. Joel
Rock Island Bridge (Ill.)
Rock Island Railroad
Rocks
in excavating for Brooklyn caisson
in excavating for New York caisson
Roebling, Charles (son of John Roebling)
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
son of
in wire business
cable making for Williamsburg Bridge
display for Machinery Hall
Roebling, Christoph Polycarpus (father of John Roebling)
Roebling, Cornelia (second wife of Washington Roebling)
Roebling, Edmund (son of John Roebling)
Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and
W. Roebling on
W. Roebling as guardian of
visitation from relatives and
Roebling, Elvira (daughter of John Roebling), see Stewart, Elvira
Roebling, Emily (first wife of Washington Roebling)
in Brooklyn Bridge building activity on assistant engineers
attempts to remove Washington
Brooklyn Bridge opening
crosses completed bridge
influence and importance of Emily
interviewed
New York caisson positioning
plaques honoring
steel deck
strands for cables
Tay Bridge tragedy
visit to bridge in progress
visits Europe (1867)
wire fraud
child of
last years of
Roebling family and
John’s death
John meets
Washington on his father
G. K. Warren’s fate and
Washington’s health and Emily’s growing influence and importance