Charles Ellet Jr. (1 January 1810 – 21 June 1862) was an American civil engineer from Pennsylvania who designed and constructed major canals, ...
Charles Ellet Jr. ... Ellet was primarily known as a suspension bridge builder, but, he was prominent in early work on canals and railroads and later made major ...
Charles Ellet Jr.
American civil engineer
Charles Ellet Jr. 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... Wikipedia
Born: January 1, 1810, Bucks County, PA
Died: June 21, 1862 (age 52 years), Memphis, TN
Children: Charles R. Ellet and Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell
Partner: Elvira Augusta Stuart Ellet
Parents: Charles Ellet and Mary Israel Ellet
Siblings: Alfred W. Ellet
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External links ˇ Charles Ellet, Jr. Papers, University of Michigan Library ˇ Guide to the Ellet Family Papers, Stanford University ˇ U.S. Naval Historical Center.
Aug 10, 2024 ˇ Charles Ellet was an American engineer who built the first wire-cable suspension bridge in America. After working for three years as a ...
Charles Ellet, Jr. (1810-1862). Ellet created the first comprehensive approach to river management. He proposed a levee system, the use of natural outlets and ...
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 ...
View the life and times of the late Charles Ellet Jr. He was an engineer who built a number of bridges in the world.
Charles Ellet, Clifton, Georgetown DC, engineer, bridge builder, and commander of the Mississippi Ram Fleet.
Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1810, Charles Ellet briefly studied at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, and embarked on a career as a civil ...
Aug 7, 2017 ˇ Charles Ellet, Jr., a prominent 19th century civil engineer, died from a gunshot wound he sustained surveying the deck of the flagship Queen of ...