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  2. Washington Roebling - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Emily Warren Roebling - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Washington A. Roebling II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. John A. Roebling - Wikipedia

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    John A. Roebling. 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.

  6. The Great Bridge (book) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a 1972 book about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge written by popular historian David McCullough. It provides a history of the engineering that went into the building of the bridge as well as the toils John A. Roebling, the designer of the bridge, went through ...

  7. Canary Diamond - Wikipedia

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    The Canary Diamond is an uncut canary-yellow 17.86 carat diamond found in 1917 at what is now the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. [1][2] It is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. [3] The diamond was in the collection of civil engineer and mineral collector Washington Roebling; his son donated it, along ...

  8. The Gilded Age (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    At a dinner party, Bertha swaps dining table name cards to place herself next to the Duke of Buckingham, bumping Mrs. Winterton. The Duke accepts Bertha's invitation to stay at their Newport house, infuriating Mrs. Winterton who had invited him. In Tuskegee, Peggy and Fortune stay with Booker T. Washington and his wife. George and other ...

  9. In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to observations. The guard reportedly failed to check on Moore for an hour and seven minutes. Jail or Agency: Rolling Plains Detention Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 4/26/2016 ...