Item #63301 REPORT OF JOHN A. ROEBLING, CIVIL ENGINEER, TO THE PRESIDENTS AND DIRECTORS OF THE NIAGARA FALLS SUSPENSION AND NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANIES, ON THE CONDITION OF THE NIAGARA RAILWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE, AUGUST 1, 1860. John A. Roebling.

REPORT OF JOHN A. ROEBLING, CIVIL ENGINEER, TO THE PRESIDENTS AND DIRECTORS OF THE NIAGARA FALLS SUSPENSION AND NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANIES, ON THE CONDITION OF THE NIAGARA RAILWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE, AUGUST 1, 1860.

Trenton, N.J. Murphy & Bechtel, Printers, 1860. Item #63301

20p., disbound, illustrated, name on fly leaf, paper browning, good. Roebling (1806-1869) was born in Germany, came to the United States in 1831 and became a naturalized citizen in 1837. He established a factory for the manufacturing of wire rope used in bridges he designed at Niagara Falls and over the Ohio River in Cincinnati. He made preliminary plans for the Brooklyn Bridge.

Price: $65.00

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