Guest
asked 3 years ago
1 Answer - Sort by: Date | Rating
Roebling is famous as the man who designed the Brooklyn Bridge. He was actually German, being born in Mulhausen in Germany where he lived until 1831. He studied architecture and engineering at the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Berlin, which is why he was so uniquely placed to design a bridge of this magnitude.
Upon arrival in the US, he begain to work on canal building and improving river navigation, but quickly progressed to designing suspension bridges and from there he took on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Sadly he never saw its completion. Work commenced on the bridge in 1867 but in 1869 his foot accidentally got crushed whilst working on the bridge. He had his toes removed and from there tetanus set in. He died within three weeks of the accident.
After his death, his son Washington took over the completion of the bridge, which was finally opened in 1883, after 14 years of work.
Upon arrival in the US, he begain to work on canal building and improving river navigation, but quickly progressed to designing suspension bridges and from there he took on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Sadly he never saw its completion. Work commenced on the bridge in 1867 but in 1869 his foot accidentally got crushed whilst working on the bridge. He had his toes removed and from there tetanus set in. He died within three weeks of the accident.
After his death, his son Washington took over the completion of the bridge, which was finally opened in 1883, after 14 years of work.
0
0
- What Type Of Tanks Were There In The Vietnam War?
- It Is Said That Latin American Businessmen Schedules Are Not So Important To Them, True Or False?
- Latin American Business Man, How Do They View Time?
- What Was 1997 Politics?
- How Did The Celts Make A Living?
- Why Did Guy Fawkes Want A Catholic King?
- When Was Sacajawea Born?
- Where Are The 5 Major Religions Practiced?
- What Contributions Did Shakespear Make To The World?
- How Did The Comanche Indians Make A Living?
- How Many Soldiers Did England Have At The Start Of Ww1?
- Where Has There Been A Gold Rush?
- What Is Three Examples Of How The Industrial Revolution Changed The Social And/or Economic Lives Of People?
- How Did The British Empire Flourish?
- What Is An Ojibway Native American?
- What Were The Mayas Weapons?
- What Is The Type Of Government Does Afghanistan Have?
- What Are The Flag Of Usa Colors Means?
- How Many People Returned From WW1?
- When Were Canals Made?
- Where Did The Celts Come From?
- What Type Of Dwellings Did Comanche Indians Lieve In?
- What Are The Last Names Of Sitting Bull's Relatives?
- Is Sitting Bull Relative To Any Straws?
- How Did Jews Survive The Camps?
- What Was John Roebling Working On When He Got The On-the-job Injuries That Killed Him In 1869?
- What Does The Name John Mean?
- Does John Like Me?
- What Does John Mean?
- How Old Is John?
- What Does John Mean?
- What Does John 19:26-27 Mean To You ?
- What Comes After John 15?
- Who Is John Rocha?
- Who Is John Barnes?
- Who Was John Milton?
New Comment - Comments are editable for 5 min.