Roebling

[roh-bling]

noun

1. John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.

2. his son Washington Augustus, 1837–1926, U.S. engineer: completed Brooklyn Bridge 1883.

Example Sentences

One such protest across the Roebling Bridge ended in chaos after Covington, Ky., police deployed force against demonstrators, resulting in the injury and arrest of more than a dozen people, including two reporters.

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More than two weeks have passed since an impromptu march across the Roebling Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, devolved into utter chaos.

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She celebrated the achievements of Emily Warren Roebling, who spent years helping with the planning and building of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband, Washington Roebling, the bridge’s chief engineer, fell sick and was bedridden.

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It takes 25 minutes to walk to Cincinnati over the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, which the celebrated engineer designed before his more famous Brooklyn Bridge.

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At the library at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, chief engineer Washington Roebling’s alma mater, Mr. McCullough found what he described as “the legendary trunk of letters in the attic.”

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