Dublin Core
Title
James Buchanan Eads (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)
Source
american,unionmonument
Contributor
amira24
Type
Site
Identifier
2844
Date Issued
1933-01-01
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB
Spatial Coverage
current,39.095983,-84.858183;
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
James Buchanan Eads (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/James_Buchanan_Eads_(Lawrenceburg,_Indiana)
Monument Type
Stone – uncarved
Funded by
Daughters of the American Revolution
Inscription
"James Buchanan Eads Born in Lawrenceburg, became a famous engineer who built the Eads Bridge arched over the Mississippi at St. Louis and jetties at New Orleans. During the Civil War President Lincoln commissioned him to design and build ironclad gunboats for the Union forces. He is the only Hoosier and the only engineer in the Hall of Fame in New York.
Born May 23, 1828 Died March 8, 1887"
State
Indiana
City
Lawrenceburg
Location Type
Park