The name Roebling was “invaluable to this enterprise in its infancy,” Kingsley would explain. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
The name Roebling “invaluable”: Kingsley, in a speech given on the opening of the bridge, May 24, 1883. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
The identification of the name Roebling with the bridge at Brooklyn was, of course, quite a good thing for the family business. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
He turned onto Roebling and pulled over to the curb. From Wordnik.com. [Four To Score]
The effect was pronounced, and not the least on Roebling. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Roebling published an article on it in the Railroad Journal. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Had a bite of my friends at Roebling Tea Room in Williamsburg. From Wordnik.com. [Independence and chicken-fried steak | Homesick Texan] Reference
We were the only traffic on Roebling, and I knew I'd been made. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Up]
The memory of his father remained a looming presence for Roebling. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Emily Roebling (1844-1903), "silent engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
As he had requested, Roebling was buried at Cold Spring, beside Emily. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Roebling preferred parallel wires as 10 \% stronger than twisted wires. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Roebling, the trustees, the assistant engineers, and the master mechanic. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Roebling himself once declared, "The bridge may sag, but it will not fall.". From Wordnik.com. [Kim Bensen: I've got a bridge in Brooklyn ...] Reference
Roebling the alchemist would turn vacant lots and corn patches into pure gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
It was designed by John Roebling, the engineer who created the Brooklyn Bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Photos: Private Properties] Reference
The same or better should be made available for all on board, Roebling declared. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Roebling was the first engineer to use stiffeners and braces in suspension bridges. From Wordnik.com. [The Canal Age] Reference
A month after the charter became law, Roebling had been named engineer of the work. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
The bridge was designed by John Roebling, the engineer who created the Brooklyn Bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Waterfront Connecticut Estate Asks $42.5 Million] Reference
Once Roebling was seated, Billy would slip between his legs and curl up under the seat. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
He found the Roebling Collection in cardboard boxes, stacked in a closet in the library. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Roebling ran the company for the next five years and the business prospered exceedingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
With his finger he developed a code of communication with his wife, Emily Warren Roebling. From Wordnik.com. [Kim Bensen: I've got a bridge in Brooklyn ...] Reference
Not long after Hildenbrand died, in 1908, Roebling wrote, “Soon I will be the last leaf on the tree.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Royal Medal of the same Society in 1946, and the Roebling Medal of the Mineral Society of America in 1948. From Wordnik.com. [Lawrence Bragg - Biography] Reference
The tiny village of High Falls has an old tow path, and the ruins of an aqueduct designed by John Roebling. From Wordnik.com. [upstate] Reference
The wire rope for the suspenders and stays was to be of the kind manufactured by Roebling at his Trenton works. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
The contact with Hegel was a privilege and a calamity for Roebling, according to an old family friend in Trenton. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
The first building to go up in Saxonburg was a plain two-story house built by Roebling at the head of Main Street. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Horatio Allen and William McAlpine asked the most questions during the sessions Roebling held with the consultants. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
Roebling planned to sink two tremendous timber caissons deep into the riverbed and to construct his towers upon these. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
For three years after leaving Berlin, Roebling worked in an obligatory job building roads for the Prussian government. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
The proposed Roebling bridge over the East River, between New York and Brooklyn, is to have a single span of 1,600 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
And in May 1836, in his own front parlor, Roebling married Johanna Herting, the oldest daughter of the Mühlhausen tailor. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
But it was commonly said in Trenton that family affections and loyalties if there were any stopped at the door of the Roebling works. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Bridge] Reference
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