Two men standing on a high catwalk, surveying the construction of the Brooklyn BridgeMuseum of the City of New York/Getty Images The history of the Brooklyn Bridge is filled with death, disease, and ...
Washington Roebling (1837-1926) was a civil engineer and industrialist. He assisted and succeeded his father, John A. Roebling, in the family firm and is probably best known for his completion of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
These papers document Roebling's interest in mineralogy, and consist of correspondence with geologists and mineralogists including William F. Foshag, R. B. Gage, Samuel G. Gordon, William F.
Last Friday marked 130 years since the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. When it was built, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, spanning the East River and connecting the city of New York ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) — A man built one of the most iconic New York City landmarks out of Legos and hopes to get the product on store shelves as an official set. Ben Jackson has lived in New York City for ...
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