ROEBLING, JOHN A
\ɹˈə͡ʊblɪŋ], \ɹˈəʊblɪŋ], \ɹ_ˈəʊ_b_l_ɪ_ŋ]\
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(1806-1869), came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1831. He established a large wire manufactory in Trenton, N.J. He constructed the Niagara and Cincinnati suspension bridges, and began the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1869.
By John Franklin Jameson