roebling
rohb ling
- n United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
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- FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: Week of June 6
Roebling Garden Club has been accepting donation for geraniums to be placed at the Roebling Circle in memory or in honor of loved ones for a donation of $5 per plant.
June 12, 2013 - The Register-News - This date in science: The man who designed the Brooklyn Bridge
John A. Roebling, whose birthday is today, designed the Brooklyn Bridge. But he never saw the bridge come to completion.
June 12, 2013 - EarthSky - Group donates 40K lbs. of sweet potatoes
The sight of thousands of sweet potatoes may surprise commuters going across the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge on Tuesday morning.
June 11, 2013 - WCPO Cincinnati
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- Henry Petroski in CBS News
That bridge was built deliberately as a slender, aesthetically-pleasing bridge,Petroski said, "and all the lessons from the 19th century that John Roebling had laid out in the Brooklyn Bridge had been forgotten."