John Augustus Roebling

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Noun1.John Augustus Roebling - United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)John Augustus Roebling - United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
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This separation propagated and persisted for centuries until the spectacular return of design-build in the 19th century in the USA through the design-build wire rope suspension bridges of the German immigrant John Augustus Roebling. Roebling's work was crowned with his iconic Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, which defined the revival of master builders.
Revival of the ancient masters
And when he went down, he believes he entered a singular realm whose members include John Augustus Roebling, the German-born civil engineer whose wire rope suspension bridge designs included the historic Brooklyn Bridge.
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