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Charles Ellet, Jr., 1810-1862 American civil engineer and economist. Of modest Pennsylvania background, the largely self-educated Charles Ellet Jr went to France and attended the Ecole Nationale de Ponts et Chausees in Paris during 1830-2, where he absorbed the French engineering tradition .
Civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. (1810-1862), bridged the Ohio River at Wheeling, Virginia with a suspended span of 1,010 feet. The bridge was then the longest single span suspension bridge in the world. The first official crossing of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge took place October 20, 1849 when Ellet drove a carriage over its entire length.
Charles Ellet (born Jan. 1, 1810, Penn’s Manor, Pa., U.S.—died June 21, 1862, Cairo, Ill.) was an American engineer who built the first wire-cable suspension bridge in America. After working for three years as a surveyor and assistant engineer, he studied at the École des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, and traveled in France, Switzerland, and Great Britain, studying engineering works.
Charles Ellet, Jr. completed a light suspension bridge hung on wooden towers in 1848. Using Ellet’s bridge as scaffolding, the Niagara Falls Suspension bridge was rebuilt by John A. Roebling in 1855. Charles Ellet, Jr. married his beloved wife Elvira (Ellie) in 1837, while working as chief engineer for the James River Kanawha Company.
Civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. (1810-1862), bridged the Ohio River at Wheeling, Virginia with a suspended span of 1,010 feet. The bridge was then the longest single span suspension bridge in the world. The first official crossing of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge took place October 20, 1849 when Ellet drove a carriage over its entire length.
Charles Ellet Jr. (1810-1862), circa 1850. The varied career––building canals, spanning rivers, laying railroads over mountains, and planning vast projects of flood control and river navigation––of Charles Ellet, Jr. earned him comparison with the famous English civil engineer Brunel. At Philadelphia, in 1842, Ellet built the first ...
1 de nov. de 2019 · Civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. (1810-1862), bridged the Ohio River at Wheeling, Virginia with a suspended span of 1,010 feet. The bridge was then the longest single span suspension bridge in the world. The first official crossing of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge took place October 20, 1849 when Ellet drove a carriage over its entire length.
