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Overman, dead for fifteen years by this time, once told Roebling that life was a result of movement and death only a change of movement and it had made a lasting impression on the bridgebuilder.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

The man who did was Charles Ellet, who in 1845 was the best-known bridgebuilder in America.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

As a bridgebuilder he has not had his equal on the face of the earth.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

A century later, D. B. Steinman, a noted bridgebuilder and professor of civil engineering, would write, Under such a curriculum the average college boy of today would be left reeling and staggering.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

The author was a famous bridgebuilder himself and was long considered the authority on John A. Roebling.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

No sir, no man can be a bridgebuilder who must educate his nerves.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

SACRAMENTO, CA - The personal residence of legendary bridgebuilder CC Myers is scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction on the courthouse steps July 1.

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SACRAMENTO, CA - The personal residence of legendary bridgebuilder CC Myers is scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction on the courthouse steps July 1.

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His oldest boy, the bridgebuilder, he had ordered off to war, but Ferdinand had been kept at home, Ferdinand’s services to the wire business being too valuable to spare, according to John Roebling.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

On New Year’s Day, 1855, his wife had been delivered of still another child, but this apparently came as a great surprise to the bridgebuilder when the news reached him at Niagara Falls.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972