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Born October 27, 1827 • Darmstadt • Germany
Died April 3, 1897 (aged 69) • Ossining • New York
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Squire Whipple
American engineer
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
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William Howe
American inventor
Gustav Lindenthal.
Gustav Lindenthal
American engineer
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
German-born American engineer
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British engineer
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Marc Séguin, the Elder
French engineer
Sir John Hawkshaw.
Sir John Hawkshaw
British engineer
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George Robert Stephenson
British railroad engineer
Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
John Frank Stevens
American engineer
Jervis, John Bloomfield: Stourbridge Lion
John Bloomfield Jervis
American engineer
Octave Chanute
Octave Chanute
American engineer
Mackinac Bridge
David Barnard Steinman
American engineer
Huey P. Long Bridge
Ralph Modjeski
American engineer
Aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across the bay toward hills in San Francisco, California, with cars visible on the bridge and water below.
Joseph B. Strauss
American engineer
Union Gen. Herman Haupt paddling a pontoon boat of his own design used for inspecting bridges.
Herman Haupt
American engineer
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August Leopold Crelle
German mathematician and engineer
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Alfred Brandt
German engineer
Dodge, Grenville Mellen
Grenville Mellen Dodge
American engineer