Word: ammann
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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More astounding than the vast engineering, under Chief Engineer Othmar Hermann Ammann, was the economy and speed of construction. The bridge was finished in four and a half years-eight months ahead of schedule. Construction appropriations were $60,000,000; actual costs considerably below. This so amazed Governor Roosevelt that at the dedication he exclaimed: "For its planning, execution and sound financing, the commissioners of the Port of New York Authority must be credited with a high and unselfish devotion to the public good. . . . Their methods are charting the course toward the more able and honorable administration of our nation...