TRENTON, May 26.-Col. Washington A. Roebling, the engineer of the first Brooklyn Bridge, who lost his health going down in the coffer dams while the structure was building, celebrated his ...

Haunting past: At least 20 people lost their lives while constructing the architectural wonder that is the Brooklyn Bridge. It began when the designer, John A. Roebling, broke his foot and had to ...

The Brooklyn-born artist has been photographing ... Resolving to learn more about the bridge’s designer, she traveled to Roebling’s birthplace in Germany and traced his journey to the US ...

Until 1888. Just five years after the completion of John Roebling's Brooklyn Bridge, then the world's longest suspension bridge, 38-year-old Austrian-born engineer Gustav Lindenthal put forth a ...