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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:engineers
gptkb:Inventor |
gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences |
gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri gptkb:U._S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers |
gptkbp:awards |
Honorary degree from Washington University
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gptkbp:born |
May 23, 1820
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gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Bellefontaine_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children |
gptkb:James_B._Eads
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gptkbp:contribution |
advancements in river navigation
construction techniques for bridges design of steel bridges |
gptkbp:died |
March 8, 1887
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
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gptkbp:field |
gptkb:navigation
construction engineering |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
James Eads
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gptkbp:influenced |
modern bridge engineering
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gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:John_A._Roebling
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gptkbp:known_for |
gptkb:Eads_Bridge
Mississippi River improvements |
gptkbp:legacy |
Eads Bridge remains a significant landmark
influenced future civil engineering practices pioneered the use of steel in bridge construction |
gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_project |
gptkb:Eads_Bridge
Mississippi River jetties St. Louis Harbor improvements |
gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:engineers
gptkb:Entrepreneur |
gptkbp:place_of_birth |
gptkb:Lawrenceburg,_Indiana
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gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
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gptkbp:project |
implemented innovative construction techniques for the Eads Bridge
Eads Bridge completed in 1874 Eads Bridge construction started in 1867 developed a system for dredging the Mississippi River Mississippi River jetties completed in 1879 advocated for the use of steel in bridge construction designed a system of locks and dams for the Mississippi River. St. Louis Harbor improvements completed in 1880 designed a floating dry dock designed the Eads Bridge with a central arch designed the first steel bridge in the U. S. improved navigation on the Mississippi River through jetties constructed the first bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis |
gptkbp:spouse |
Sarah Eads
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Cemetery_of_St._Louis
gptkb:CSS_Morgan |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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