Brooklyn Bridge

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Brooklyn Bridge, also known as the East River Bridge, seen from Manhattan, as drawn (and woodcut) in a Swedish monthly magazine in August 1874.

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On the promenade, Brooklyn Bridge, New York c.1899

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Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridge c.1908

3 A.M. Sunday, February 23rd, 1908. Newsboys selling on Brooklyn Bridge. Harry Ahrenpreiss, 30 Willet Street. (Said was 13 years old). Abe Gramus. 37 Division Street. Witness Fred McMurray. Location: New York, New York (State) / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

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A World Trade Center view of the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, and the East river, August 1992.

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Rainer Halam, New York City, with the real thing in background. (picture taken 1981).

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Brooklyn Bridge and Ferrybank Restaurant

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Brooklyn Bridge in 1982.

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Brooklyn Bridge at Dusk

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John A. Roebling

John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling, June 12, 1806 in Mühlhausen - July 22, 1869) was a German-born civil engineer famous for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, in particular, the design of the Brooklyn Bridge.



John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869)
Personal information
Name John Augustus Roebling
Nationality Prussian
Birth date June 12, 1806
Birth place Mühlhausen, German Kingdom of Prussia
Date of death July 22, 1869
Place of death Brooklyn Heights, New York, USA
Work
Significant buildings Allegheny River Aqueduct, Monongahela River Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati-Covington Bridge

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As a young boy Roebling enjoyed music such as playing the flute and the piano. He enjoyed listening to the melodies of Bach and poetry of Goethe. Roebling also had great artistic talent as portrayed in many of his paintings. He built a model bridge at the age of nine and later this bridge was noticed to be similar to the Brooklyn Bridge. Roebling grew up in a time where the older students put on uniforms, shouldered muskets, and marched off to stop Napoleon and his army. John grew up in the city of Mühlhausen where the design of his bridges can be seen in the architecture of the city. The Gothic architecture of Mühlhausen can be seen as the root of John's "innate feeling for the beautiful and the enduring in construction." (Steinman, D. B. (1950))