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Born September 16, 1804 • Massachusetts
Died March 15, 1888 (aged 83) • Albany • New York
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Octave Chanute
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Mackinac Bridge
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Gustav Lindenthal.
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Timothy Palmer
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Edward Gordon Craig, 1890.
Edward Gordon Craig
British actor and director
Gustave Eiffel
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
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Thomas Telford
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Sir Benjamin Baker
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