Washington Augustus Roebling (May 26, 1837 - July 21, 1926) was an American civil engineer best known for his work on the Brooklyn Bridge, which was initially designed by his father John A. Roebling. The eldest son of John Roebling, Washington was born in the Pittsburgh area town of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, a town co-founded by his father and his uncle, Karl Roebling. Wikipedia
Roebling, Washington A. Pneumatic tower foundations of the East River suspension bridge , Averell & Peckett, printers,, New York (USA) , 1873. en.structurae.de/persons/data/index.cfm?ID=d000078
In 1995, the Rensselaer Alumni Association established the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame to preserve and celebrate the long and exceptional heritage of RPI graduates. This page profiles Emily Warren Roebling and Washington A. Roebling, inducted September www.rpi.edu/about/hof/roebling.html
Emily Warren met her future husband, Washington A. Roebling, when he served on her eldest brother, General G. K. Warren's staff as an engineering officer. civilwarstudies.org/articles/Vol_3/roebling.htm
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Washington A Roebling was an American engineer. He was born in 1837 and died after 1897. He was the son of the German immigrant John Roebling , was a colonel in the American Civil War , serving at South Mountain, Antietam and Bull Run . He succeeded hi www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Washi...
Within a generation, however, engineering became a highly regarded field, and the experiences of Washington Roebling greatly differed from that of his father. At 17, Washington enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York, where he suc xroads.virginia.edu/~MA03/pricola/bridge/profession.html
Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926), American engineer and manufacturer, was a noted bridge designer and builder. Washington Roebling was born on May 26, 1837, in Saxonburg, Pa. , where his father, a civil engineer, had settled in 1831 with a group www.bookrags.com/Washington_Roebling
Washington Roebling himself did not escape the construction of the caissons unharmed. He had always been a man who liked to be on site during the construction, and often he could be found inside the caisson instructing others what to do and many times do www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridgefacts.htm
