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

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

"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 US in 1831, where he became wealthy a...

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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.
Röbling, Johann August, > 1806-1869.
1800-1899
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.
Ingénieurs civils > États-Unis > Biographies.
Ingénieurs civils > Allemagne > Biographies.
Ponts suspendus > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Ponts-rails > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Américains d'origine allemande > Biographies.
Civil engineers.
German Americans.
Immigrants.
Railroad bridges.
Suspension bridges.
Ponts suspendus > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
Ponts-rails > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
Mühlhausen (Thuringia, Germany) > Biography.
Germany.
Germany > Mühlhausen (Thuringia)
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "Fitting one's self to the New World"
  • Part 1. Novice (1806-1831)
  • In Napoleon's shadow (1806-1824)
  • Berlin and the culture of revolution (1824-1825)
  • Building roads, designing bridges (1825-1829)
  • Johann Etzler and the Mühlhausen Emigration Society (1829-1831)
  • Across the Atlantic (1831)
  • Part 2. Apprentice (1831-1847)
  • And out to Western Pennsylvania (1831-1832)
  • Establishing Saxonburg (1832-1837)
  • Internal improvements (1838-1841)
  • Making wire rope and the wire rope industry (1840-1848)
  • Private life, public works (1844-1845)
  • Rebuilding Pittsburgh (1845-1846)
  • Setting the future (1846-1847)
  • Part 3. Master (1848-69)
  • Economies of scale (1848-1851)
  • Crossing Niagara (1846-51)
  • Securing Niagara (1852-55)
  • The Kentucky, Ohio, and Allegheny (1851-1860)
  • And the war came (1861-1865)
  • Unfinished business (1863-1869)
  • Epilogue: "I am my own judge."