Directory of Ellet, Charles Resources

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American Civil Engineer Constructed the world's first long-span wire-cable suspension bridge suspension bridge across the Shuylkill River at Fairmont, Pennsylvania. Born: 1810 Died: 1862

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• Report on a Rail-way Suspension Bridge Across the Connecticut at Middletown

  http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/cdm4/bridges_viewer.php?ptr=687&DMTEXT=ellet&searchworks=1
  Facsimile of Ellet's report published in 1848. Also available in pdf and tiff formats.

• The First Suspension Bridge

  http://www.iaw.com/~falls/bridges.html#b1
  Biography and details of Ellet's design for the first suspension bridge over Niagara Falls.

 

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