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.

Aliases (2)

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	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 →
familyName	Röbling →
fieldOfWork	bridge engineering → civil engineering → suspension bridges →
founded	John A. Roebling’s Sons Company → Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania →
fullName	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, New York, United States →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States → Trenton, New Jersey, United States →
spouse	Johanna Herting →
yearOfEmigration	1831 →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brooklyn Bridge → Brooklyn Bridge → Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → Delaware Aqueduct → Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge →	designer
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → Delaware Aqueduct →	architect
Washington Roebling → Washington Roebling →	father
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company → Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania →	foundedBy
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge → John A. Roebling’s Sons Company →	namedAfter
Johanna Herting Roebling → John A. Roebling II →	notableRelative
Johanna Herting → Johanna Herting Roebling →	spouse
John A. Roebling’s Sons Company →	associatedWith
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania →	associatedWithPerson
Mühlhausen, Prussia →	birthplaceOf
Wheeling Suspension Bridge →	cableEngineer
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge →	engineer
Wheeling Suspension Bridge →	engineerForRehabilitation
John A. Roebling ("Röbling") →	familyName
John A. Roebling ("Johann August Röbling") →	fullName
John A. Roebling II →	grandfather
John A. Roebling II →	hasAncestor
Riverview Cemetery (Trenton, New Jersey) →	hasNotableBurial
Wheeling Suspension Bridge →	laterEngineer
Johanna Herting →	marriedTo
Bauakademie, Berlin →	notableAlumnus
Roebling →	notableBearer
Mühlhausen, Prussia →	notablePersonAssociated
Wheeling Suspension Bridge →	rehabilitationEngineer
Johanna Herting →	spouseName
Bauakademie, Berlin →	trained