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(Photo: Image from page 237 of "Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of a Identifier: ridpathshistoryo07ridp Title: Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidridpathshistoryo07ridp) Year: 1907 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1907) (1900s (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1900) ) Authors:  Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorRidpath__John_Clark__1840_1900) Subjects:  World history (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectWorld_history) Publisher:  Cincinnati, Ohio : Jones Brothers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherCincinnati__Ohio___Jones_Brothers) Contributing Library:  University of California Libraries (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries)   Text Appearing Before Image: aracter across the Ohio Kiver, be-tween Cincinnati and Covington. The latterstructure, at the time of its erection, was by athousand feet the longest of the kind in theworld. The younger Roebling inherited muchof his fathers genius, and added a genius of hisown. The construction of the bridge overEast River could not have been put into handsmore capable if all nations had been exploredfor engineers. William C. Kingsley, President of the Bridge-Trustees; and his predecessor in that office,Henry C. Murphy. The first plans and es-timates were prepared in 1865. The com-pany for the construction was organized two-years afterwards. The capital was fixed at$5,000,000. The enterprise was not pressedwith due vigor until 1875, when the workwas taken up by the State of New York. ABoard of Managers was appointed to bringthe bridge to completion at as early a date aspossible. Congress also patronized the enter-prise by an act of June, 1869, authorizing theconstruction. The formal opening in May of  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules http://johnbatchelorshow.com/blog Twitter: @BatchelorShow State of the City, the State, the Union: NYPD Chief of the NYPD Terry Monahan assaulted at a "Defund the Police" rally & What is to be done?  John Catsimatidis, @JCats13 @CatsRoundtable https://abc7ny.com/protesters-clash-with-nypd-defund-the-police-encampment-officer-injured/6318496/