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John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Earle "Jock" Freedman is a retired bridge engineer and the State of Maryland's "longest-serving" employee. [1] [2] Freedman, affectionately known as "Jock", began his career at age 19 in 1950 following graduation from Johns Hopkins University. [3]
The Carrollton Viaduct, located over the Gwynns Falls stream near Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore, Maryland, is the first stone masonry bridge for railroad use in the United States, built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, founded 1827, and one of the world's oldest railroad bridges still in use for rail traffic.
The Hannibal Bridge in 1869, Morison stands on the right Union Pacific R. R. Bridge (1887) between Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa The Morison-designed town library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he was the son of John Hopkins Morison, a Unitarian minister.
James Finley (1756 [1] – 1828), aka Judge James Finley, is widely recognized as the first designer and builder of the modern suspension bridge. Born in Ireland , [ 1 ] Finley moved to a 287-acre (1.16 km 2 ) farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania , near Uniontown . [ 2 ]
The cable stay design of the new bridge will allow the federal shipping channel to expand from 700 ft. to 1,000 ft. wide. The base of the bridge will also be raised to 230 ft., which is a 45-foot ...
Emily Warren Roebling (September 23, 1843 – February 28, 1903) was an engineer known for her contributions over a period of more than 10 years to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression disease) and became bedridden.
Zac Brown Band's John Driskell Hopkins is turning his battle with ALS into a mission to help others: "When you're given a life-threatening diagnosis, you really start to focus on things that matter."