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Charles Ellet Jr.

Born on 1 January 1810
in Penn's Manor, Pennsylvania, USA
Deceased on 21 June 1862
in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, USA
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Biography
1832
Ellet returns from Europe after studying at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussés
1841 - 1842
Builds wire suspension bridge across the Shuylkill river at Fairmont
1853
Railroad over the Blue Ridge at Rock Fish Gap

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
Design 
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (1849) 27

Bibliography
* Ellet, Charles   Report on a rail-way suspension bridge across the Connecticut, at Middletown, J.C. Clark, printer, Philadelphia (USA) , 1848.

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External LinkiCivilEngineer: Charles Ellet Jr. English

Relevant Literature
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 79.
* Lewis, Gene D.   Charles Ellet Jr., 1810-1862, University of Illinois Press, Chicago (USA) , 1968.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 265.

 
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