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“Bridges Across America” Virtual Program Registration

In the shadow of one of his lasting legacies, the Brooklyn Bridge, hear the story of John Roebling: immigrant, engineer, and icon. Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Richard Haw shares his book, “Engineering America: The Life and Times of John Roebling,” a meticulously researched and lively story that follows Roebling from his childhood in Napoleonic Prussia, to his work as a go-to name in American engineering, and ultimately his tragic death before the completion of his masterpiece. Haw is joined by Erica Wagner, author of “Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge,” for a conversation that spans not just John’s grand designs, but the work of Washington and Emily Roebling that helped bring the Brooklyn Bridge to life.











When: Mon., Jun. 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm
Where: Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont St.
718-222-4111
Price: Free
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In the shadow of one of his lasting legacies, the Brooklyn Bridge, hear the story of John Roebling: immigrant, engineer, and icon. Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Richard Haw shares his book, “Engineering America: The Life and Times of John Roebling,” a meticulously researched and lively story that follows Roebling from his childhood in Napoleonic Prussia, to his work as a go-to name in American engineering, and ultimately his tragic death before the completion of his masterpiece. Haw is joined by Erica Wagner, author of “Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge,” for a conversation that spans not just John’s grand designs, but the work of Washington and Emily Roebling that helped bring the Brooklyn Bridge to life.

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