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Washington Augustus Roebling (May 26, 1837 – July 21, 1926) was an American civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed by his father John A. Roebling. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as an officer at the Battle of Gettysburg .
Washington Roebling II’s father, Ferdinand Roebling was made president, John Louis Kuser, the twin brother of prominent New Jersey businessman Anthony R. Kuser was made secretary-treasurer, and Washington was made general manager of the new enterprise, Mercer Automobile Company. The company marketed itself to the high end and racing markets.
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. She served as a liaison and supervisor of ...
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.
Roebling was born to Washington Roebling and Emily Warren Roebling on November 21, 1867, ... John A. Roebling's Sons, after his father's death in 1926. [1] ...
While stomach cancer is reported in "The Great Bridge" (McCullough, 555), Washington Roebling notes that she died of "progressive muscular atrophy" from being struck by a motorcycle while traveling in Atlanta (MS Box 9, Folder 5, EWR to WAR, February 10, 1902, Roebling Family Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers ...
An analysis by the Washington Post last December of California hospice data found that the proportion of patients who were discharged alive from the health service rose by about 50 percent between 2002 and 2012. Profit per patient quintupled to $1,975 in California, the newspaper reported.
The diamond was in the collection of civil engineer and mineral collector Washington Roebling; his son donated it, along with the rest of Roebling's collection, to the museum in 1926 after Roebling's death. [3] [4] [5]