Directory of Roebling, Johann Augustus Resources

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American Bridge Engineer. Structures include: Brooklyn Bridge, Cincinnati-Covington Bridge, Delaware Aqueduct, Niagara Falls Bridge (1854) Pennsylvania Canal Allegheny Aqueduct (1845) and Waco Suspension Bridge. Born: 1806 Died: 1869

Resources in This Category

• John A. Roebling Cincinnati Suspension Bridge

  http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/suspension.html
  History and photographs of Roebling's 1866 span between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky.

• John Roebling

  http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi87.htm
  John and Washington Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge. Essay by John H. Lienhard.

• Long and Short Span Railway Bridges

  http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/cdm4/bridges_viewer.php?ptr=623&DMTEXT=roebling&searchworks=1
  Facsimile of the book wriiten by Roebling in 1889. Also available in pdf and tiff formats.

• Niagara Bridge Condition Report

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJR3285
  Full text of Roebling's 1860 report prepared for the presidents and directors of the Niagara Falls Suspension and Niagara Falls International Bridge Companies.

• Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge

  http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/cdm4/bridges_viewer.php?ptr=1550&DMTEXT=niagra+falls&searchworks=1
  Full text of Roebling's final report to the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company. Available in text and pdf formats.

• Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun12.html
  Illustrated digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.

• Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct

  http://www.nps.gov/upde/historyculture/roeblingbridge.htm
  History and restoration notes on the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

• Roebling, John Augustus

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/John_Augustus_Roebling.html
  Brief profile from Great Buildings Online.

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