John Augustus Roebling
Biographical Information
| Name: | John Augustus Roebling |
|---|---|
| Born on | 12 June 1806 in Mühlhausen, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, Europe |
| Deceased on | 22 July 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA, North America |
| Father of | Washington Augustus Roebling |
| Father-in-law of | Emily Warrren Roebling |
| Place(s) of activity: | |
| 1830 | Leaves Germany for to the United States with a group of German settlers to live in an idealistic community |
| 1831 | Arrives in Philadelphia; |
| 1841 | Begins manufacturing wire rope in Saxonburg |
| 1844 - 1845 | Repairs canal bridge over the Allegheny at Pittsburgh, his first use of air spinning method for the suspension cables |
| 1849 | Roebling wire company in Trenton, New Jersey |
| 1850 | Proposes to lay a transatlantic cable for better communication between Europe and America |
| 1867 | Construction of the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge completed. |
| 1869 | 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 |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
chief engineer
consultant
designer
Bibliography
- 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
- Tagebuch meiner Reise von Mühlhausen in Thüringen über Bremen nach den Vereinigten Staaten im Jahre 1831, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle/Saale (Germany), ISBN 389812388X, 2006
- New York Bridge Company, on the proposed East River bridge, Daily Eagle Print, New York (Etats-Unis), 1867; pp. 48
- Memoir of the Niagara Falls Suspension and Niagara Falls International Bridge, Londres (Royaume-Uni), 1856
- Long and short span railway bridges, D. Van Nostrand, New York (USA), 1869; pp. 2
Relevant Websites
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archINFORM: John Augustus Roebling
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ASCE: History and heritage of civil engineering: John A. Roebling
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Bernd Nebel: Brückenbauer: Johann August Roebling
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Great Buildings Online: John Augustus Roebling
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John Roebling & Sons On-Line History Archives
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John Roebling & Sons: Bridge Division
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John Roebling & Sons: Roebling Suspension Bridges 1844-1952
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Lernziel24: Wege für das aufstrebende Land
Relevant Publications
- The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 72-83
- The Great East River Bridge 1883-1983 (2nd edition), Harry Abrahams, New York (USA), 1983
- Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland, Junius Verlag GmbH, Hamburg (Germany), ISBN 3885065630, 2005; pp. 124-137
- The Roeblings and the Stayed Suspension Bridge, presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
- Roebling's early career under study, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2006, n. 43 v. 12
- Parallel lines, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2006, n. 44 v. 12
- 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.
- Johann August Röbling (1806-1869), presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
- Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France), ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 311
- The Great Bridge, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, New York (USA), ISBN 067145711X, 1982
- Johann August Röbling (1806-1869) - Vom preußischen Bauconducteur zum amerikanischen Brückenbauer und Industriellen, in "Bautechnik", February 2006, n. 2 v. 83
- 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.
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 419-420
- The Builders of the Bridge (2nd edition), Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York (USA), 1950
- The Development of Cable-Stayed Bridges since John Röbling, presented at Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, IABSE Symposium, Weimar, 19-21.09.2007.
- 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.