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  • NAME: John Augustus Roebling
  • OCCUPATION: Engineer
  • BIRTH DATE: June 12, 1806
  • DEATH DATE: July 22, 1869
  • EDUCATION: Polytechnic School, Berlin
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Mühlhausen, Germany
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Brooklyn Heights, New York
  • Full Name: John Augustus Roebling

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German-born U.S. civil engineer, John Roebling was a pioneer in the design of steel suspension bridges. His best known work is the Brooklyn Bridge.


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John Roebling was born June 12, 1806 in Mühlhausen, Prussia. With the growth of his reputation as a designer and builder of long-span suspension bridges, he spent less and less time at the Trenton factory. His eldest son joined him in his work, and in the 1850s and 1860s they built four suspension bridges. He designed and engineered construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, dying in the process.

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