Washington Augustus Roebling

Civil engineer; He built the Brooklyn Bridge

Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Studies pneumatic caissons in Britain, France and Germany. After his father's death supervises the construction of the Great East River Bridge. 1872, Caisson disease paralyzes Roebling who can no longer personally oversee construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Civil engineering firm; designed and built bridges

• President ('69→?)

Family

Siegfried Roebling New Jersey banker

• grandson

John A. Roebling Civil engineer; He designed the Brooklyn Bridge

• father ('37→?)

Schools

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute The nation’s oldest technological research university

• Undergraduate (past)

Washington Augustus Roebling

Civil engineer; He built the Brooklyn Bridge

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