Show Was Wa Crest Creat Engineer During the Civil war James Do- Do chanan Eads constructed Iron clod steamers and mortar boats for the United States governmEnt Ile He constructed con con- the great steel arch bridge across the Mississippi at St. St Louis Louie duro dur- lag Ing the years flau 1867 1807 to 1874 1374 However the work ark upon which his reputation principally rests was wal his deepening and fixing the channel at the mouths of the Mississippi by means of Jetties whereby the narrowed stream tr am was made to scour out Its channel and clear sediment out to sea sla Shortly before before be- be fore his death he projected a scheme for a ship across the Isthmus of In lieu of an canal |