Roebling family

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The Roebling family is an American engineering dynasty best known for designing and building major suspension bridges, including the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineering dynasty
family
associatedWith 19th-century American infrastructure development
Brooklyn Bridge construction
suspension bridge innovation
basedIn Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED
businessVenture John A. Roebling's Sons Company NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin German-American
fieldOfWork bridge engineering
civil engineering
foundedBy John A. Roebling NERFINISHED
hasAncestor John A. Roebling NERFINISHED
hasLegacyIn American civil engineering history
New York City infrastructure
Ohio River bridge crossings NERFINISHED
hasNotableMember Charles G. Roebling NERFINISHED
Emily Warren Roebling NERFINISHED
Ferdinand W. Roebling NERFINISHED
John A. Roebling NERFINISHED
Karl G. Roebling NERFINISHED
Karl Roebling NERFINISHED
Siegmund Roebling NERFINISHED
Washington A. Roebling II NERFINISHED
Washington Roebling NERFINISHED
hasTraditionIn engineering
industrial entrepreneurship
industry wire rope manufacturing
influenced development of modern suspension bridges
knownForStructure Brooklyn Bridge NERFINISHED
Covington–Cincinnati Bridge NERFINISHED
Delaware Aqueduct NERFINISHED
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge NERFINISHED
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge NERFINISHED
Sixth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh) NERFINISHED
notableAchievement multi-generational leadership in major bridge projects
pioneering use of steel wire rope in bridges
notableFor Brooklyn Bridge NERFINISHED
building suspension bridges
designing suspension bridges
timePeriodOfProminence 19th century
early 20th century

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Josephine Roebling memberOf Roebling family
John memberOfFamily Roebling family
subject surface form: John A. Roebling II
Caroline Roebling memberOf Roebling family
Helen Roebling memberOf Roebling family
William Roebling memberOf Roebling family
Edmund Roebling memberOf Roebling family
Karl Roebling memberOf Roebling family
Julian Roebling memberOf Roebling family
Henry Roebling memberOf Roebling family
Roebling Park namedAfter Roebling family