John A. Roebling’s Sons Company

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John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf manufacturing company
steel manufacturer
wire rope manufacturer
associatedWith Brooklyn Bridge
John A. Roebling
Roebling
surface form: Roebling family
businessType family-owned company
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field civil engineering materials
structural engineering materials
foundedBy John A. Roebling
hasProductType engineering wire rope
structural steel cable
headquartersLocation Trenton, New Jersey
historicalSignificance contributed to development of large suspension bridges in the United States
industry steel industry
wire rope industry
knownFor manufacturing suspension bridge cables
producing cables for the Brooklyn Bridge
wire rope innovation
locatedIn New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

Trenton, New Jersey
United States of America
surface form: United States
locationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
materialUsed iron
steel
namedAfter John A. Roebling
notableWork cables for major suspension bridges
cables for the Brooklyn Bridge
partOf American steel industry
product bridge cables
steel cable
wire rope
role industrial manufacturer in Trenton, New Jersey
supplier of bridge cables
timePeriod 19th century
20th century
usedIn civil engineering projects
infrastructure construction
suspension bridges

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John A. Roebling founded John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
Washington Roebling employer John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
this entity surface form: John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Charles Roebling employer John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
this entity surface form: John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Charles Roebling hasPartInName John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
this entity surface form: John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Roebling founded John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
subject surface form: John A. Roebling
Roebling employer John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
subject surface form: Washington Roebling