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| Father of |
Washington Augustus Roebling
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| Father-in-law of |
Emily Warrren Roebling
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1830
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| Leaves Germany for to the United States with a group of German settlers to live in an idealistic community |
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1831
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Arrives in Philadelphia;
Settles in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania;
Works as a waterway and railway engineer |
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1841
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| Begins manufacturing wire rope in Saxonburg |
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1844 - 1845
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| Repairs canal bridge over the Allegheny at Pittsburgh, his first use of air spinning method for the suspension cables |
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1849
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| Roebling wire company in Trenton, New Jersey |
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1850
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| Proposes to lay a transatlantic cable for better communication between Europe and America |
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1867
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| Construction of the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge completed. |
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1869
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| Construction of the East River Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge) begins, Roebling's foot gets crushed by the piling of a dock, he dies of lockjaw several days later |
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Röbling, Johann August Tagebuch meiner Reise von Mühlhausen in Thüringen über Bremen nach den Vereinigten Staaten im Jahre 1831, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle/Saale (Germany) , ISBN 389812388X, 2006.
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Roebling, John A. Final Report of John A. Roebling, civil engineer, to the presidents of the Niagara Falls suspension and Niagara Falls international bridge companies, Steam Press of Lee, Mann & Co., Rochester (USA) , 1855.
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Roebling, John A. Long and short span railway bridges, D. Van Nostrand, New York (USA) , 1869.
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Roebling, John A. Memoir of the Niagara Falls Suspension and Niagara Falls International Bridge, London (United Kingdom) , 1856.
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Roebling, John A. New York Bridge Company, on the proposed East River bridge, Daily Eagle Print, New York (USA) , 1867.
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 72-83.
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Brooklyn Museum The Great East River Bridge 1883-1983 (2nd edition), Harry Abrahams, New York (USA) , 1983.
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Bundesingenieurkammer Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland, Junius Verlag GmbH, Hamburg (Germany) , ISBN 3885065630, 2005; pp. 124-137.
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Buonopane, Stephen The Roeblings and the Stayed Suspension Bridge, presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
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DeLony, Eric Roebling's early career under study, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2006, n. 43 v. 12 .
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Gibbon, Donald Parallel lines, in
"Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2006, n. 44 v. 12 .
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Kahlow, Andreas Different Manners of Constructing in Different Contexts, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
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Kahlow, Andreas Johann August Röbling (1806-1869), presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
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Marrey, Bernard Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 311.
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McCullough, David The Great Bridge, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, New York (USA) , ISBN 067145711X, 1982.
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Patzschke, F. Johann August Röbling (1806-1869) - Vom preußischen Bauconducteur zum amerikanischen Brückenbauer und Industriellen, in
"Bautechnik", February 2006, n. 2 v. 83 .
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Peters, Tom F. Patterns of Thought as Contributors to Design and Construction, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 419-420.
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Steinman, David B. The Builders of the Bridge (2nd edition), Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York (USA) , 1950.
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Svensson, Holger The Development of Cable-Stayed Bridges since John Röbling, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
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Werner, Göran John August Roebling - The Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge, presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
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