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Captain Donald T. Wright Award

Spanning the Gilded Age

Sponsoring Organization: Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, a special collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Award Level: Winner| Award Year: 2025
Award Category: Maritime Journalism and Literature Winner: Spanning the Gilded Age: James Eads and the Great Steel Bridge by John K. Brown

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John K. Brown

John K. Brown is the author of The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831–1915: A Study in American Industrial Practice. He taught history, applied ethics, and writing in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia.

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