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Many railway and transportation projects were under way near the site which Roebling chose for his colony, but instead of continuing in the engineering profession, he took up farming. After five years he married Johanna Herting, a tailor's daughter. He found agrarian work unsatisfying, and Saxonburg
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At that time, canal boats from Philadelphia were transported over the Allegheny Mountains on railroad cars in order to access waterways on the other side of the mountains, so that the boats could continue to Pittsburgh. The system of inclines and levels that moved the boats and conventional railroad
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The study of suspension bridges formed for the last few years of my residence in Europe my favourite occupation ... Let but a single bridge of the kind be put up in Philadelphia, exhibiting all the beautiful forms of the system to full advantage, and it needs no prophecy to foretell the effect which
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Roebling devised "an equilibrium strength approach, in which equilibrium is always satisfied but compatibility of deformations is not enforced." This was essentially an approximation method similar to the force method: First, Roebling computed the dead and live loads, then divided the load between
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of 1,224 feet (373 m). The anchorage and stone towers were completed, and the cable wire delivered along with the material for the superstructure, when the railway company became insolvent. The bridge construction was halted and he was never able to complete it.
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to extend its borders and achieve greatness on the North American continent. Transportation between eastern industrial hubs and frontier farming markets had become a matter of both national and popular interest.
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to Friederike Dorothea (née Muelleren) and Christoph Polykarpus Röbling. Recognizing his intelligence at a young age, Roebling's mother arranged for him to be tutored in mathematics and science at
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continued his work on the Brooklyn Bridge. His son Ferdinand expanded his wire rope business. His son Charles designed and invented a huge 80-ton wire rope machine and founded the town of
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In 1837, after the birth of his first child and the death of his brother Carl, Roebling returned to engineering for work. He first worked on projects to improve river navigation and build
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at Pittsburgh over the Allegheny River. Its total length was 1,030 feet (314m), consisting of two main spans of 344 feet (105m) each, and two side spans of 171 feet (52m) each. His son
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in San Francisco, California, constructed from 1933 to 1937. The Golden Gate Bridge was and still is a technical engineering marvel that Roebling, posthumously, has his footprint on.
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Etzler believed that they could create a technological utopia in the United States, but disputes arose among the men en route. The group split up after reaching
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that he built on his farm. In 1841, Roebling began producing wire rope at Saxonburg to use in suspension bridges and such projects as the portage railroad.
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c.1800s "The Shaky Bridge" near the Trenton Water Filtration Plant at the Calhoun Street Bridge (spans approx. 20 feet ) demonstration project
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of 825 feet (251 m), was supported by four, ten-inch (25 cm) wire cables, and had two levels, one for vehicles and one for rail traffic.
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On May 22, 1831, Roebling left Prussia with a group of emigrants bound for the United States. They included his brother Carl and the older
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brought a temporary halt to Roebling's work, as resources were diverted to the war effort. In 1863 building resumed on a bridge over the
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for wire production for his growing company: John A. Roebling's Sons Company. This complex inspired Trenton's motto that appears on the
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by Ephraim Salomon Unger. He went to Erfurt when he was 15. In 1824 he passed his Surveyor's examination and returned home for a year.
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under Martin Friedrich Rabe (1765–1856), bridge construction and foundation construction under Johann Friedrich Dietlein (1782–1837),
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When the Roeblings and others arrived, the United States was in the later stages of an economic boom, which ended in the financial
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in his honor, was the world's longest suspension bridge, with a main span of 1,057 feet (322 m), at the time it was finished.
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was later named chief engineer of the project, but due to his further incapacity to work after suffering from
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The Roeblings and the Stayed Suspension Bridge: Its Development and Propagation in 19th Century United States
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also had considerable political unrest, as authoritarian governments took the places of democratic ones.
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rope, up to 7 centimetres thick. The hemp ropes were expensive and had to be replaced frequently.
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While the Niagara bridge was being built, Roebling designed a railway suspension bridge across the
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Roebling's company John A Roebling's Sons Co. is credited with being the cable contractor for the
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episode "The Tattler," it is revealed that Jake and Gina attended John Roebling High School.
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Roebling makes a brief appearance in the opening scene of the 2001 romantic comedy film
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the novel and useful features will produce upon the intelligent minds of the Americans.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present
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took over the project and it was completed in 1883. John Roebling is buried in the
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In 1848, Roebling undertook the construction of four suspension aqueducts on the
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The Roebling Suspension Bridge: A Guide to Historic Sites, People, and Places
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worked with him on that project, having completed his engineering degree.
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was a married Philadelphia socialite noted as the owner of historic
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Roebling was the youngest of four children. He was baptized in the
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c.1800s "Demonstration Bridge" spans two buildings of the former
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In 1867, Roebling started design work on what is now called the
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with the intent to establish a German settlement, to be called
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John A. Roebling and His Suspension Bridge on the Ohio River.
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Washington Roebling's Father: A Memoir of John A. Roebling.
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Engineering America: The Life and Times of John A. Roebling
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was a noted philanthropist and inventor who devised the
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to handle the resulting deformation (Buonopane, 2006).
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In 1844 Roebling won a bid to replace the wooden canal
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John Roebling and Johanna Herting had nine children:
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Remaining abutment of the D&H Neversink Aqueduct
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at Pittsburgh. The confluence of the Allegheny and
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son: William Elderhorst Roebling (b. 1856, d. 1860)
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His son 321:, adjacent to a replica of the Brooklyn Bridge 1610:Infectious disease deaths in New York (state) 269:In 1825 Roebling got a government job in the 238:In 1824 he enrolled for two semesters at the 1226:Steinman, David B. & Watson, Sara Ruth, 217:National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark 1532:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography 1172:Roebling's Development to Being an Engineer 1056:. Here the John A. Roebling's Sons company 1044:daughter: Hannah Roebling (died in infancy) 222: 297:A 2006 German stamp commemorating Roebling 51: 1396:Learn how and when to remove this message 896:in New York City; 1,595 feet (486 m) span 1494:John Roebling Historic Saxonburg Society 1028:daughter: Josephine R. Jarvis (b. 1847,) 777:; 162 feet (49 m) spans; demolished 1861 713: 703: 671: 324: 312: 300: 292: 1580:Prussian emigrants to the United States 1506: 1038:son: Edmund Roebling (b. 1854, d. 1930) 956:, portrayed by actor and dialect coach 455:cars was a state-owned enterprise, the 192:; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a 14: 1562: 1469:. 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Roebling Suspension Bridge 227:Röbling was born June 12, 1806 in 133:John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge 25: 1651: 1473: 810:from Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania to 570:was later completed as the first 211:, which has been designated as a 1498: 1310: 1115:"John A. Roebling, the Engineer" 984: 1425:(Oxford University Press, 2020) 1321:needs additional citations for 1289: 1278: 997:. As a young boy he played the 837:Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge 383:at Saxonburg was listed on the 1246: 1233: 1220: 1177: 1164: 1161:, 2008, ASCE Press, Reston, VA 1151: 1134: 13: 1: 1097: 520:. In Trenton, Roebling built 414:for railway lines across the 264:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 58: 1625:People from Brooklyn Heights 1159:Washington Roebling's Father 1014:Washington Augustus Roebling 804:Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct 7: 1094:was a well-regarded actor. 1090:. 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Index

John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Washington Roebling
John A. Roebling II

Mühlhausen
Kingdom of Prussia
New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
Washington
Emily Roebling Cadwalader
Washington A. Roebling II
Donald Roebling
Paul Roebling
German
civil engineer
wire rope
suspension bridges
Brooklyn Bridge
National Historic Landmark
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Mühlhausen
Erfurt
Bauakademie
Berlin
architecture
engineering
hydraulics
Johann Albert Eytelwein
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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