# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-ellet-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:50:15.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-ellet-jr"
name: "Charles Ellet, Jr."
slug: "charles-ellet-jr"
description: "Charles Ellet Jr. was an American civil engineer from Pennsylvania who designed and constructed major canals, suspension bridges and railroads. He designed and supervised construction of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, from 1849 to 1851. He conducted the first Federal survey of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers."
tagline: "American civil engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colonel_Charles_Ellet%2C_Jr.%2C_Civil_and_Military_Engineer_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1810-01-01"
deathDate: "1862-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.56
  momentum:             1.253822629969419
  historical:           6.146581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ellet"
    title: "Charles Ellet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "تشارلز اليت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ellet"
    title: "Charles Ellet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ellet_Jr."
    title: "Charles Ellet Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ellet_Jr."
    title: "Charles Ellet Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ellet"
    title: "Charles Ellet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ellet%2C_junior"
    title: "Charles Ellet, junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5077355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump