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American Bridge Engineer. Famous for the construction of the Eads Bridge which spans the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri (USA). Born: 1820 Died: 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eads_Bridge
Illustrated article from Wikipedia.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eads/index.html
Features biography, timeline, gallery of architectural drawings, step-by-step demonstration of how to build a bridge pier, and Eads family letters.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full+text;idno=AJS2170.0001.001;didno=AJS2170.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001
Full text of Ead's engineering review published in 1873.
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