When he was twenty-two, Eads designed a salvage boat and showed the drawings to two shipbuilders, Calvin Case and William Nelson. Although Eads had no previous experience and …

The labels are applied to seven vessels of uniform design built from the keel up in Carondelet, Missouri shipyards owned by James Buchanan Eads. Eads was a wealthy St. Louis …

As the Civil War loomed on the horizon, Eads proposed that the U.S. Navy build a fleet of ironclad boats to patrol important waterways. The government's response was cool, but when war …

Mar 4, 2025 · James B. Eads was an American engineer best known for his triple-arch steel bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. (1874). Another project provided a year …

Ships continue to travel daily through this deep channel. Early in the Civil War, Eads became convinced that ironclad gunboats would be essential to the Union war effort in controlling the …

James Buchanan Eads spent his life solving difficult engineering problems that made life on and around the Mississippi River safer and more convenient. Eads created a business that …

James Buchanan Eads created a series of inventions during the 1800s that improved transportation, commerce and the military defense of the Mississippi River region. The impact …

Oct 30, 2000 · He was America's greatest engineer: an obsessive visionary who walked the floor of the Mississippi River, built the nation's first ironclad ships, designed a steel bridge no one …

James B. Eads, in full James Buchanan Eads, (born May 23, 1820, Lawrenceburg, Ind., U.S.—died March 8, 1887, Nassau, Bahamas), American engineer best known for his triple …

May 18, 2018 · James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887), an American engineer and inventor, developed ironclad ships during the Civil War and designed the world's first steel-arch bridge. …