The New Orleans Picayune called his plan "The Great Ship Railway Raid on the Treasury ... publication Central Magazineclaimed that "James B. Eads is the greatest engineer on the American ...

B. Bissell, John How, James Lucas and John O'Fallon organize ... a charter from the Mexican government to build the ship railway. Winter: Eads proposes to Congress building the ship railway ...

On March 8, 1887 James Eads died. His bill was never voted on in the House; Speaker Carlisle denied it the few minutes necessary for consideration. In all likelihood, Eads' Ship Railway scheme ...

James B. Eads faced many obstacles when he built the first steel bridge in the world over the Mississippi River, none of which was more daunting than the sinking of the bridges' two piers and ...