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she is immortalized on a plaque on the Brooklyn-side tower, which reads: THE BUILDERS OF THE BRIDGE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF EMILY WARREN ROEBLING 1843 - 1903 WHOSE FAITH AND COURAGE HELPED HER ...
The Brooklyn Bridge was still a week away from opening to the public when a determined woman named Emily Warren Roebling hitched up a team of horses and became the first person to cross the ...
The last section of Brooklyn Bridge Park officially opened on Thursday as officials cut the ribbon on Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, just beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. “This opening marks the completion ...
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 ...
Here’s what you need to know about the Brooklyn Bridge and the Roeblings on HBO’s The Gilded Age… Emily Warren Roebling was born in Cold Spring, New York in 1843 to a family who encouraged ...
Emily Warren Roebling was honored at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s bicentennial graduation ceremony for her role in seeing through the completion of the first bridge to connect Brooklyn and ...
Indeed, it's hard to believe that the Brooklyn Bridge almost did not exist if it weren't for a pioneering and determined woman named Emily Warren Roebling, who took charge of its completion when ...
Most notably, this new and aptly-named section of the park directly beneath the Brooklyn Bridge will be named in honor of Emily Warren Roebling, who was responsible for completing the construction ...
DUMBO — Ice skating will be back at Emily Warren Roebling Plaza under the Brooklyn Bridge this winter — and while the views will still be spectacular, the skating will be more affordable.
Woven into the beams and towers of the Brooklyn Bridge is the story of a woman who was up for a challenge. Emily Warren ...
Woven into the beams and towers of the Brooklyn Bridge is the story of a woman who was up for a challenge. Emily Warren ...