Construction

Map Detail of the Delaware and Lackawaxen Confluence

Map of Pennsylvania Canals and Railroads

Historic canals of Pennsylvania, including divisions of the nineteenth century Pennsylvania canal system plus navigable rivers, other canals, and four…

McCormick Center in Chicago, reconstructed by C. F. Murphy and Associates and reopened in 1971

The McCormick Center in Chicago, reconstructed by C. F. Murphy and Associates and reopened in 1971.

Messetower in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The Messetower in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Michigan City Public Library in Michigan City, Indiana

The Michigan City Public Library in Michigan City, Indiana.

Monument at Hoover Dam to the workers killed during its construction

Monument at Hoover Dam to the workers killed during its construction.

Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington: The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur

Created By: Adams, Stephen B Publisher: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997

Newspaper Report on Roebling's Niagra Bridge Project

Article in supplement to the Mühlhäuser Kreisblatt No. 32 of April 21, 1855, 283-284. Discusses Roebling’s work on the Niagara…

Ohio River Bridge, Louisville, KY

First train over Ohio River Bridge, Louisville, KY, February 18, 1870, photograph by Edward Klauber

Post Tower in Bonn, Germany, completed in 2002

The Post Tower in Bonn, Germany, completed in 2002.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a West Coast Shipyard

President Franklin D. Roosevelt stops at a West Coast shipyard during an 8,000-mile tour of the United States visiting industries…

Roebling Collection, 1830-1926

Created By: Roebling Collection, 1830-1926

Roebling Family Papers, 1821-1960

Created By: Roebling Family

Roebling Railroad Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River

Roebling, John A.

John Augustus Roebling was the foremost designer and builder of suspension bridges in the nineteenth century.

Roebling, Washington A.

A military and civil engineer, Washington Augustus Roebling is best known for overseeing the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was designed by his father, John A. Roebling. He also served briefly as president of John A. Roebling’s Sons, Co., after its incorporation in 1876, and then again during the final years of his life.

Roebling, Washington in his Brooklyn Heights Office with a View of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883

After suffering a debilitating attack from the bends (then called caisson disease), Washington Roebling was unable to maintain an onsite…

Rosie the Riveter monument, Richmond, California

Shasta Dam construction

Six Companies, “Hoover Dam: Progress Chart”

Six Companies, “Hoover Dam: Progress Chart,” c. 1938