Written and Produced by
Carl Charlson

Coproducer
Sharon Grimberg

Editor
Bill Lattanzi

Music
Brian Keane

Narrator
David McCullough

Cinematography
Boyd Estus
Dulce "Candy" Gonzalez
Bob Perrin
Dyanna Taylor

Art Direction
Katha Seidman

Sound
John Cameron
Ger E. Cannon
Francis X. Coakley

Assistant Camera
Ian Lynch
William B. McCullough
David Mellow
Jeffrey Victor

Grips
Guy Holt
Bill B. Leclair

Actors
Pier Gustafson
Noah Rosenblum

Archival Research
Joy Conley

Still Animation
The Frame Shop, Ed Joyce
Visual Productions, Burl Cherney

Musicians
Violin, Bob Zubrycki
Violin, Helene Bergman
Violin, Aloysia Friedman
Viola, Jill Jaffee
Cello, Matt Goeke
Clarinet, Lawrence Feldman
Oboe/english horn, Dennis Anderson

Sound Design And Mix
Heart Punch Studio
Greg McCleary

Photo Restoration
Heidi Wormser

Digital Effects
Mark Geffen

Additional Camera
Paul Bateman

On-Line Editor
Medallion-PFA Film & Video
Paul Deakin

Colorist
Medallion-PFA Film & Video
Brian Lovery

Historical Advisors
John M. Barry
Robert W. Jackson
Howard S. Miller

Archival Footage And Photographs
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
American Bridge Company
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Beverley R. Robinson Collection
Boston Public Library
Bowen Archives, SIUE
Chicago Historical Society
Collection of Thomas H. Gandy and Joan W. Gandy
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France
Joslyn Art Museum
Library of Congress
Louisiana State Museum
Manoogian Collection on loan to the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia
David W. Mesker
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
NASA
National Archives
New Orleans Museum of Art, Private Collection
New Orleans Public Library
The New-York Historical Society
Jane Switzer Nichols
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area Archives
Ragna J. Sloane
Smithsonian Institution
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis
St. Louis Public Library
State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia
Special Collections, Tulane University Library
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Naval Historical Center
West Virginia Humanities Council

Music
"Silver Bullets March"
by Andrew Glover
Performed by the Town Square Cornet Band
Copyright by Andrew Glover
Used by permission

Special Thanks To
American Meteorological Society
Ames Estate/Borderland State Park
Belle of Louisville
Dan and Heather Cook
Jack D. Coombe
Gibson House Victorian Museum
Nichols House Museum
Jim Pogue
Fred Schilling
US Army Corps of Engineers

For American Experience

Post Production
James E. Dunford
Rose Compagine
Raymond Powell

Series Designer
Alison Kennedy

On-Line Editor
Mark Steele

Sound Mix
John Jenkins

Series Theme
Mark Adler

Business Manager
Christine Larson

Project Administration
Nancy Farrell
Helen R. Russell
Andre Jones
Rebekah Suggs

Director, New Media
Maria Daniels

Interactive Media
Danielle Dell'Olio

Publicity
Daphne B. Noyes
Johanna Baker

Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau

Series Editor
Sharon Grimberg

Senior Producer
Mark Samels

Executive Producer
Margaret Drain