See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS See also:

• JOHN AUGUSTUS ROEBLING (1806-1869)

ROEBLING (1806-1869)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

civil engineer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MUHLHAUSEN

Muhlhausen, See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, on the 6th of See also:

• JUNE

June 18o6 . Soon after his See also:

• GRADUATION (see also GRADUATE)

graduation from the See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

polytechnic school at See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin he removed to the See also:

• UNITED

United States; and in 1831 entered on the practice of his profession in western See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania . He established at See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg a manufactory of See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-rope, and in May 1845 completed his first important structure, a suspended See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct across the See also:

• ALLEGHENY

Allegheny See also:

• RIVER

river . This was followed by the See also:

• MONONGAHELA

Monongahela suspension See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge at Pittsburg and several suspended aqueducts on the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware & See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal . Removing his wire manufactory to Trenton, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, he began, in 1851, the erection at See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

Niagara Falls of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long span wire suspension bridge with See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double roadway, for railway and See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage use (see BRIDGE), which was completed in 1855 . Owing to the novelty of its See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, the most eminent See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers regarded this bridge as foredoomed to failure; but, with its See also:

• COMPLETE

complete success, demonstrated by long use, the number of suspension See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges rapidly multiplied, the use of wire-See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes instead of See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain-cables becoming all but universal . The completion, in 1867, of the still more remarkable suspension bridge over the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio river at See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, with a clear span of 1057 ft., added to See also:

• ROEBLING, JOHN AUGUSTUS (1806-1869)

Roebling's reputation, and his design for the See also:

• GREAT

great bridge spanning the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East river between New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn was accepted . While personally engaged in laying out the towers for the bridge, Roebling received an accidental injury, which resulted in his See also:

• DEATH

death, at Brooklyn, from See also:

• TETANUS (from Gr. rei:vw, I stretch, on account of the tension of the fibres of the affected muscles), or LOCKJAW

tetanus, on the 22nd of See also:

• JULY

July 1869 . The bridge was completed under the direction of his son, See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus Roebling (b . 1837), who introduced several modifications in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original plans .