Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

PART ONE

1. The Plan 2. Man of Iron 3. The Genuine Language of America 4. Father and Son 5. Brooklyn 6. The Proper Person to See 7. The Chief Engineer

PART TWO

8. All According to Plan 9. Down in the Caisson

PICTURE SECTION

10. Fire 11. The Past Catches Up 12. How Natural, Right, and Proper 13. The Mysterious Disorder 14. The Heroic Mode

PART THREE

15. At the Halfway Mark 16. Spirits of '76 17. A Perfect Pandemonium 18. Number 8, Birmingham Gauge 19. The Gigantic Spinning Machine

PICTURE SECTION

20. Wire Fraud 21. Emily 22. The Man in the Window 23. And Yet the Bridge Is Beautiful 24. The People's Day

EPILOGUE APPENDIX NOTES PICTURE CREDITS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX