biography
| name: |
Eads, James B(uchanan)
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pronunciation:
[eedz]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1820–87)
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| biography:
| Engineer and inventor, born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, USA. He invented a diving bell, and founded a salvage company that made a fortune from sunken river steamboats. In 1861 he built in 100 days eight ironclad Mississippi steamers for the government, followed by other ironclads and mortar-boats. He is best remembered for the steel triple-arched Eads Bridge (1867–74) across the Mississippi at St Louis, with a central span of 158 m/520 ft. |
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