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Engineering America : the life and times of John A. Roebling /

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John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers and fascinating personalities. Raised in a German backwater amid the war-torn chaos of the Napoleonic Wars, he immigrated to the United States in 1831, where he became wealt...

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Main Author: Haw, Richard, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Roebling, John Augustus, > 1806-1869.
Civil engineers > United States > Biography.
Civil engineers > Germany > Biography.
Suspension bridges > United States > History > 19th century.
Railroad bridges > United States > History > 19th century.
German Americans > Biography.
Immigrants > United States > Biography.
Mühlhausen (Thuringia, Germany) > Biography.

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