Bibliograph

Chief engineer, Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge, Erica Wagner

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Label

Chief engineer, Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge, Erica Wagner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chief engineer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

957022408

Responsibility statement

Erica Wagner

Sub title

Washington Roebling, the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge

Summary

As much a part of the New York skyline as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge is instantly and internationally recognizable. Yet as iconic as it is, its builder, Washington Roebling, is too often forgotten. The Brooklyn Bridge took 14 dramatic years to complete and here the personal story which lies behind that construction is told for the first time. Meticulously researched, and written with revealing archival material only recently uncovered, this is an engaging and illuminating portrait of a brilliant and driven man, and of the era in which he lived

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