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The vision of one man, John Roebling, was realized by his son more than ten years later and that meant a lot to me.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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The massive numbers of people on the bridge could not have been anticipated by the original designer, yet John Roebling designed it to withhold even unanticipated structural stresses.
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The project started well, but after only a few months, John Roebling sustained a crushing injury to his foot when a ferry pinned it against a piling.
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The massive numbers of people on the bridge could not have been anticipated by the original designer, yet John Roebling designed it to withhold even unanticipated structural stresses.
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But behind the story of The Brooklyn Bridge is the story of John Roebling, a German immigrant and engineer who was told time and again that a steel suspension bridge of that length could not be built.
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But behind the story of The Brooklyn Bridge is the story of John Roebling, a German immigrant and engineer who was told time and again that a steel suspension bridge of that length could not be built.
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The project started well, but after only a few months, John Roebling sustained a crushing injury to his foot when a ferry pinned it against a piling.
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John Roebling had began the design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when he died, in 1869, of tetanus contracted after an injury during the construction; his foot had been crushed between a ferry and the dock.
The Historian James Killus 2007
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Washington Roebling was the son of John Roebling, a designer of suspension bridges and the founder of a company that made “wire rope,” the cables, in other words, that were necessary to the construction of such bridges.
The Historian James Killus 2007
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John Roebling had began the design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when he died, in 1869, of tetanus contracted after an injury during the construction; his foot had been crushed between a ferry and the dock.
Archive 2007-04-01 James Killus 2007
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