History of the Niagara iron basket, 1890 Aug. 14.

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History of the Niagara iron basket, 1890 Aug. 14.

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Letter to George G. Barnum, Secretary of the Buffalo Historical Society, 14 Aug. 1890, giving the history of the Niagara iron basket in the collections of the Buffalo Historical Socoety. The iron basket was designed by Hulett in cooperation with Charles Ellet, the engineer commissioned in 1846 to design and build a suspension bridge to span the Niagara River.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Ellet, Charles Rivers, 1843-1863

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Ellet was born on June 1, 1843 in Philadelphia, the son of the noted civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. He was studying medicine at Georgetown University when the Civil War began. He served as an Army Assistant Surgeon during 1861-62. In the spring of 1862, when his father established the U.S. Ram Fleet, an Army unit of river steamers converted to rams, Charles Rivers Ellet transferred to that organization. Promoted to the rank of colonel later in the year, he commanded the ram Queen of the We...

Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge (Lewiston, N.Y.).

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Barnum, George G., 1817-1899.

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Hulett, Theodore Graves.

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