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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

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Links:

Roebling's First Dream: The Queensboro Essay by Drew Fetherston. www.lihistory.com/6/hs601b.htm

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

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct History and restoration notes on the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. www.nps.gov/upde/roebaque.htm

The Roebling Online History Archive Provides a general and social history of the Roebling Company. Includes essays, biographies, timeline, and a walking tour. www.inventionfactory.com/history/index.html

Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Full text of Roebling's final report to the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company. Available in text and pdf formats. bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/books/book1811.html

Long and Short Span Railway Bridges Facsimile of the book wriiten by Roebling in 1889. Also available in pdf and tiff formats. bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/books/book1831.html

Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge Illustrated digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections. lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun12.html

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

Roebling, John Augustus Brief profile from Great Buildings Online. www.greatbuildings.com/architects/John_Augustus_Roebling.html