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24 | CHIEF ENGINEER: WASHINGTON ROEBLING, THE MAN WHO BUILT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE


Erica Wagner has extensively researched and written this remarkable biography of Washington Roebling, released on June 27th. Often eclipsed by his highly accomplished father, the son’s story is one of profound devotion to duty in fulfilling work begun by his father, first in the case of the Brooklyn Bridge, which very nearly killed him, and much later in life taking over John A. Roebling and Sons as the lone surviving family member able to run the business.


31 | REACHING NEW HEIGHTS, THE SAGRADA FAMILIA


Maybe you’ve worked on a project you thought would never end. Antoni Gaudi designed and began construction of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona certainly knowing he would never see it completed in his lifetime. Indeed, it’s taken much longer, to such an entent that the church owns several of the tower cranes you see at work there now. Te landmark in Barcelona, Spain is now on course to be completed one hundred years after the architect’s death.


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2 | EDITOR’S NOTE 7 | INDUSTRY NEWS


20 | WRE SPOTLIGHT 76 | WRE ADVISOR 79 | AD INDEX 80 | RIGGER’S CORNER


ON THE COVER: Taken by an unknown photographer, and found in the Museum of the City of New York (X2010.11.8463), this photo shows the Brooklyn Bridge as a work in progress. While designed by John A. Roebling, his death prior to the start of construction left the job of building the structure – and no small part of the engineering required to ensure its structural integrity – to his first son, Washington Roebling. Read more in our feature article on page 24.


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