John Augustus Roebling

Aqueduct designed and constructed by John Roebling connecting Minisink Ford, New York, and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Pictured here, the aqueduct spans…

Delaware Aqueduct, View from the West Bank

Aqueduct designed and constructed by John Roebling connecting Minisink Ford, New York, and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Pictured here from the west…

Delaware Aqueduct, View West from East Side

Aqueduct designed and constructed by John Roebling connecting Minisink Ford, New York, and Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Pictured here from the west…

Roebling Railroad Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River

Covington and Cincinnati Bridge, View toward Northwest and Cincinnati

Bridge connects Cincinnati, Ohio, with Covington, Kentucky.

Covington and Cincinnati Bridge, View on Bridge toward North

Bridge connects Cincinnati, Ohio, with Covington, Kentucky.

Model of Roebling's Cable Spinning Machine

Brooklyn Bridge

Stereoscope Print of the Brooklyn Bridge by George Barker, ca. 1888.

Johanna Herting, first wife of John Augustus Roebling, n.d.

Herting, Johanna, first wife of John Augustus Roebling, n.d.

Röbling-Straße 5, Mühlhausen, Thüringen, n.d.

Röbling-Straße 5, Mühlhausen, Thüringen. Birthplace of John Augustus Roebling with commemorative plaque, n.d.

Roebling, John Augustus, n.d.

Divi-Blasii church in Mühlhausen where Johann August Roebling was baptized

Divi-Blasii church in Mühlhausen where Johann August Roebling was baptized (engraving by Wilder, Wien, 1825).

Covington and Cincinnati Bridge, in the late 1930s or early 1940s

View of the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge (later renamed the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge), in the late 1930s or…

German commemorative stamp for the 200-year anniversary of Johann August Roebling’s birth

German commemorative stamp for the 200-year anniversary of Johann August Roebling’s birth (1806-2006).