Leffert L. Buck

Leffert L. Buck (1837-1909) was an American civil engineer and a pioneer in the use of steel arch bridge structures. His projects included the steel suspension bridge over the Niagara Gorge[?] and two of New York City's most notable landmarks: the Brooklyn Bridge (with John Augustus Roebling and Washington Roebling) and the Williamsburg Bridge[?] (with Henry Hornbostel[?]). The latter, at 1,600 feet, was the longest bridge in the world at the time and a key factor in opening Brooklyn up as a working class neighborhood for Manhattan.