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John A. Roebling's Sons Company

Brooklyn Bridge construction

Designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge, a pioneering work of suspension bridge engineering.
Specialized in the construction of wire rope suspension bridges.
Continued their father's work in innovative bridge construction following John A. Roebling's death.

John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was founded by the sons of John Augustus Roebling, a German-born American civil engineer renowned for his work on suspension bridges. The company carried on their father’s legacy, playing a crucial role in the construction of iconic structures such as the Brooklyn Bridge.

Milestones

Depression-Era Construction Construction

27,572 Wires Across the Sky

Over six months, workers shuttled individual steel wires back and forth across the Golden Gate strait to spin the bridge's two massive main cables by hand.

1935