JohnAugustusRoebling (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 1848, Roebling undertook the construction of four suspension aqueducts on the Delaware and Hudson Canal.
Roebling's next project, starting in 1851, was a railroad bridge connecting the New York Central and Great Western Railway of Canada over the Niagara River, which would take four years.
John A. Roebling is most famous for building the Brooklyn Bridge, but he was largely responsible for the development of the wire rope used in bridge building as well as other industries.
John August Roebling was born in Mublhausen, Germany in 1806 to Friederike Dorothea Roebling and educated in Berlin.
JohnRoebling's plans were put into being by his son, with the Brooklyn Bridge opening in 1883, serving as JohnRoebling's most noted achievement.
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