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Born May 21, 1850 • Brno • Czechoslovakia
Died July 31, 1935 (aged 85) • New Jersey

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Gustav Lindenthal.
Hell Gate Bridge, New York City; designed by Gustav Lindenthal, completed 1916.
Queensboro Bridge, New York City; designed by Gustav Lindenthal, completed 1909.
Engineer Gustav Lindenthal (second from right) and his chief assistant, Othmar Ammann (second from left), posing upon the completion of the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City, 1916.
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