Named Entity Results, John Augustus Roebling

granite on the west, and two steel arches spanning the river. This bridge is 2,400 feet long and 80 feet wide; completed in 1888. Suspension bridges. Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, across the gorge, 2 miles below the falls; built by John A. Roebling; length of span between towers, 800 feet; supported by four wire cables, each containing 3,640 No. 9 wires; height of track above the water, 245 feet: carriage-way beneath the track: cost of bridge, $400,000; work begun 1852; first locomotiv,260 feet; begun 1867; completed in 1869; blown down Jan. 10, 1889, and a new structure of iron, hung on steel cables, opened May 7, 1889. Brooklyn Bridge, a wire cable suspension bridge connecting New York City with Brooklyn; designed by John A. Roebling, and built by his son, W. A. Roebling; carriage-way, 5,989 feet, and including extensions, 6,537 feet; a central span of 1,595 feet, and two side spans of 930 feet each, with a clear headway under the centre of the bridge of 135 feet above h

Roebling, John Augustus 1806-1869 Civil engineer: born in Muhlhausen, Germany, June John Augustus Roebling. 12, 1806; graduated at the Berlin Royal Polytechnic School in 1826; came to the United States in 1829, and settled near Pittsburg, Pa. Later he began the manufacture of iron and steel wire, which he discovered could be used with efficacy in the building of bridges. In 1844-45 he directed the construction of a bridge over the Alleghany River at Pittsburg, in which were used the fiJohn Augustus Roebling. 12, 1806; graduated at the Berlin Royal Polytechnic School in 1826; came to the United States in 1829, and settled near Pittsburg, Pa. Later he began the manufacture of iron and steel wire, which he discovered could be used with efficacy in the building of bridges. In 1844-45 he directed the construction of a bridge over the Alleghany River at Pittsburg, in which were used the first suspension wire cables ever seen in the United States. After successfully building several other suspension bridges he moved his wire factory to Trenton, N. J. In 1851-55 he constructed the New York Central Railroad suspension bridge across the Niagara River. This work at the time was considered one of the wonders of the world, and was followed by the construction of other great bridges, including that between Cincinnati and Covington. In 1868 he was appointed chief engineer of the Brookl

Roebling, Washington Augustus 1837- Engineer; born in Saxenburg, Pa., May 26, 1837; son of John Augustus Roebling; graduated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1857; served in the National army during the Civil War, rising from private to brevet-colonel. On the death of his father he had entire charge of the completion of the suspension bridge between Brooklyn and New York. See bridges.

e Democrats in power. A remark made that the mob would feel the effect of ball and buckshot before night gave this episode the name of buckshot war. ] Iron successfully made with anthracite coal at Mauch Chunk......Jan. 12, 1839 United States Bank of Pennsylvania again suspends specie payment......1839 It finally closes its doors, its capital being lost......Sept. 4, 1841 Use of wire rope as cables introduced on the inclined planes of the Alleghany and Portage Railroad by John A. Roebling......1842 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad completed......1842 Riots between the native Americans and Irish in Philadelphia suppressed by the military......April-May, 1844 Petroleum is obtained while boring for salt on the Alleghany, a few miles above Pittsburg......1845 Pittsburg nearly destroyed by fire; loss, $10,000,000......April 10, 1845 Telegraphic communication between Philadelphia and Fort Lee, opposite New York, completed......Jan. 20, 1846 Philadelphia and