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Feature: East River Pioneer

Posted on March 1st, 2018 by Jaimie Schock

Emily Roebling was a proper Victorian wife, determined to remain in her husband’s shadow. Yet she became one of the world’s earliest female pioneers in engineering. Emily Roebling, as much as any single person, was responsible for the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Tags: Bridge building, Brooklyn bridge, Civil Engineering, Emily Roebling, Engineering in History, Suspension bridge, Women in Engineering

Feature: Bridges and Historical Lessons

Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE

Henry Petroski uses the example of several bridge construction projects to illustrate the importance to engineers of history and historical lessons in this article from Prism magazine, Oct. 2006.

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Tags: Bridge building, Bridge Design, Brooklyn bridge

Website: The Brooklyn Bridge on PBS

Posted on March 1st, 2010 by ASEE

The PBS documentary on the Brooklyn Bridge was the first produced by Ken Burns, in 1982. This related PBS website offers a timeline on the design and building of the bridge, other on-line resources, and a educators’ page with lesson ideas.

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Tags: Bridge building, Brooklyn bridge, Civil Engineering, PBS programs, Suspension bridge, Website