It was not customary for a woman to accompany a man to a construction site in the late 19th century. Petticoats tended to get in the way of physical work. But when Washington A. Roebling, the chief ...
The Emily Roebling we see in The Gilded Age did exist. Unlike the Russells, who were given different names, Emily Roebling’s name hasn’t been changed at all. She was real and, just like in The Gilded ...
Delve Into the Lives of the Brooklyn Bridge Builders With a Book Talk at the New York Transit Museum
The construction of Brooklyn’s iconic bridge encompassed the lives of three Roebling family members over the course of more than twenty years of planning and construction. In a talk at the New York ...
The woman credited with saving the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1880s was honored with a posthumous degree on Saturday — and even delivered a commencement speech to graduates with the ...
There’s a lot going for “Brooklyn’s Bridge,” the musical making its world premiere at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando — most notably the woman at the center of the story.
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre and Theater To Go will present ...
On this unique sunset tour, you’ll journey from the historic streets of Brooklyn Heights to the soaring towers of the Brooklyn Bridge, ending at the spectacular Emily Roebling Plaza in DUMBO. Along ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today announced two special honorands for its Bicentennial Commencement celebrations. Astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman ’97 will return to RPI as ...
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