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Emily Warren Roebling (September 23, 1843 – February 28, 1903) was an engineer known for her contributions over a period of more than 10 years to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression disease) and became bedridden. She served as a liaison and supervisor of ...
Feb 26, 2024 · When Washington Roebling met Emily Warren at a ball in early 1864—her elder brother, General G.K. Warren, was Washington’s commanding officer during the Civil War—he immediately fell in love.
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Apr 8, 2022 · The Brooklyn Bridge stands as Emily Warren Roebling’s best-known and greatest achievement, and for good reason. However, when we remember Roebling, we would do well to remember the woman beyond the bridge. In the decades that followed, she put the talents that served New York City so well toward the cause of women’s equality.
Gouverneur K. Warren, Emily’s brother, served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. Shortly after, he invited Emily, now a young woman, to visit him at the camp. During this visit, she met Colonel Washington Roebling. Emily and Washington fell in love and married in 1865.
Mar 8, 2018 · But when Washington A. Roebling, the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, fell ill, it was his wife, Emily Warren Roebling, who stepped in — managing, liaising and politicking between city ...
Mar 25, 2024 · Now however, it seems her legacy is emerging. In 2021, the final part of Brooklyn Bridge Park, named Emily Warren Roebling Plaza opened just below the bridge. Local politicians celebrated the opening of Emily Warren Roebling Plaza in 2021. File photo by Kirstyn Brendlen. “The only thing I could find about her before the bridge was in a ...
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May 3, 2024 · Emily Warren Roebling (born September 23, 1843, Cold Spring, New York, U.S.—died February 28, 1903, Trenton, New Jersey) was an American socialite, builder, and businesswoman who was largely responsible for guiding construction of the Brooklyn Bridge (1869–83) throughout the debilitating illness of its chief engineer, her husband, Washington Augustus Roebling; he had taken charge of the ...
