John A. Roebling

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German-American bridge engineer civil engineer inventor person

John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Label Occurrences
John A. Roebling canonical 46
Johann August Röbling 1
Röbling 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German-American ⓘ
bridge engineer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath tetanus ⓘ
child Charles Roebling ⓘ
Ferdinand Roebling ⓘ
Washington Roebling ⓘ
countryOfBirth Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1806-06-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1869-07-22 ⓘ
designed Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge ⓘ
Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge ⓘ
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (rehabilitation and cables) ⓘ
educatedAt Bauakademie, Berlin ⓘ
emigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
familyName John A. Roebling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Röbling
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
suspension bridges ⓘ
founded John A. Roebling’s Sons Company ⓘ
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form: Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania
fullName John A. Roebling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Johann August Röbling
givenName Johann ⓘ
knownFor developing wire rope manufacturing in the United States ⓘ
pioneering the use of wire rope in suspension bridges ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableFor conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
designing wire rope suspension bridges ⓘ
occupation bridge designer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
patent wire rope manufacturing process ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mühlhausen, Prussia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
spouse Johanna Herting ⓘ
yearOfEmigration 1831 ⓘ

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Brooklyn Bridge → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling → fullName → John A. Roebling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johann August Röbling
John A. Roebling → familyName → John A. Roebling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Röbling
Washington Roebling → father → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Bauakademie, Berlin → notableAlumnus → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Bauakademie, Berlin → trained → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company → foundedBy → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company → associatedWith → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (rehabilitation and cables) → engineerForRehabilitation → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (rehabilitation and cables) → rehabilitationEngineer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (rehabilitation and cables) → cableEngineer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (rehabilitation and cables) → laterEngineer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey, United States → hasNotableBurial → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Riverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey)
Mühlhausen, Prussia → birthplaceOf → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Mühlhausen, Prussia → notablePersonAssociated → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States → foundedBy → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States → associatedWithPerson → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania
Johanna Herting → spouse → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Johanna Herting → marriedTo → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Johanna Herting → spouseName → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Delaware Aqueduct → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Delaware Aqueduct → architect → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling → notableBearer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling → father → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Roebling
Roebling → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
subject surface form: Brooklyn Bridge
Johanna Herting Roebling → spouse → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Johanna Herting Roebling → notableRelative → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling II → grandfather → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling II → notableRelative → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John A. Roebling II → hasAncestor → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → architect → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → engineer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct → architect → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John Roebling House → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John Roebling House → occupant → John A. Roebling ⓘ
John Roebling House → significantPerson → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Karl Roebling → relatedTo → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling Bridge → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling Bridge → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling Bridge → hasBuilder → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling Park → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling Suspension Bridge → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
Roebling Suspension Bridge → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ