Stephen Harriman Long
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Stephen Harriman Long was a 19th-century American army engineer and explorer best known for his expeditions in the American West and for designing the "Long" covered bridge truss.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen Harriman Long canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American military officer
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explorer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 19th century
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mid 19th century ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1784-12-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1864-09-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Alton, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designed |
Long truss
NERFINISHED
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covered bridge truss system known as the Long truss ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| employer | United States Army ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yankee American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bridge engineering
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railroad engineering ⓘ topographical engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1809 ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of American covered bridge design
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early 19th-century perceptions of the Great Plains ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the term "Great American Desert" for the Great Plains region
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design of the Long truss for covered bridges ⓘ explorations of the American West ⓘ leading the 1819–1820 expedition to the Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| ledExpedition |
1817 exploration of the upper Mississippi River
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1819–1820 expedition to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains ⓘ 1823 expedition to the headwaters of the Minnesota River and Red River of the North ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Report of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, 1819–1820 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
army engineer
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civil engineer ⓘ explorer ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Alton Cemetery, Alton, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief engineer for several early American railroads
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topographical engineer in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| spouse | Martha Hodgdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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