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Charles Ellet Jr. (1 January 1810 – 21 June 1862) was an American civil engineer from Pennsylvania who designed and constructed major canals, suspension bridges and railroads. He designed and supervised construction of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, from 1849 to 1851.
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Charles Ellet Jr. (1 de enero de 1810 - 21 de junio de 1862) fue un ingeniero civil estadounidense de Pensilvania que diseñó y construyó importantes canales, puentes colgantes y vías férreas. Construyó el puente colgante Wheeling , el puente colgante más largo del mundo entre 1849 y 1851.
Charles Ellet Jr. 1810 – 1862. Ellet was primarily known as a suspension bridge builder, but, he was prominent in early work on canals and railroads and later made major contributions to river management, economic analysis of transportation modes and ramboats. He was born in Penn's Manor, Pennsylvania on January 1, 1810.
7 de ago. de 2017 · Charles Ellet, Jr., a prominent 19th century civil engineer, died from a gunshot wound he sustained surveying the deck of the flagship Queen of the West at the Battle of Memphis during the U.S. Civil War. His vast legacy as builder of bridges, railroads, canals, and Colonel of the U.S. Ram Fleet lay before him.
1 de ene. de 2018 · Ellet, Charles, Jr. (1810–1862) Reference work entry. First Online: 01 January 2018. pp 3594–3595. Cite this reference work entry. Robert B. Ekelund. 11 Accesses. Abstract. American engineer and economic theorist, Ellet was born on 1 January 1810 at Penn’s Manor, Pennsylvania, and died on 21 June 1862, a victim of the Civil War.
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 ...
Charles Ellet Jr. (1 January 1810 – 21 June 1862) was an American civil engineer from Pennsylvania who designed and constructed major canals, suspension bridges and railroads. He designed and supervised construction of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, from 1849 to 1851.
