P R I N C E T O N L A N D M A R K P U B L I C A T I O N S
All I can say is “Wow!” What an incredible story of an incredible family and an incredible business. The level of detail and historical documentation, photos and all, is most impressive. Thank you for taking the time to document the history of steel wire rope and bridge cable. Bridge Engineering today owes a huge debt of gratitude and respect to the men and women of the Roebling family and the Roebling companies. Preserving their story is of great importance. - Kary Witt, Bridge Manager, Golden Gate Bridge
The Roebling Legacy invigorates the reader with the richness of “the classic American story” of the Roeblings and the depth of their accomplishments. It ought to be a coffeehouse book for reading, touching and discussion by as many of your friends and family as possible.
- Pam Hersch,
The Princeton Packet
The Roebling Legacy is an interesting and very readable history and is extremely well done. Many researchers will benefit from your hard work.
- Paula Manzella,
Burlington County Library
Give me your book along with thirty students,
a blackboard,
and a piece of chalk
and I can teach
for an entire semester.
An outstanding read.
- George Lengel, Roebling, N.J.
T H E R O E B L I N G L E G A C Y
by Clifford W. Zink
The Roebling Story is a classic American saga spanning the continent and more than 200 years since John A. Roebling's birth
in 1806. The Roeblings designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge -
the "universal symbol of New York," and built the great cables
on the George Washington Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge
- the icon of San Francisco. The Roeblings produced wire rope and wire products that helped shape modern life, created the "Mercer Raceabout," America's "first sports car," provided livelihoods
for tens of thousands, and built Roebling, N.J., one of the best
company towns in America - "a model in every respect."
The Roebling mills in Trenton, N.J., now serve new uses, and the Roebling Museum in Roebling celebrates the remarkable legacy.
40% off list price - Signed by author on request.
Compelling Stories
of Visionary People and
Landmark Achievements
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The Roebling Legacy charts
a drama of immigration, innovation, enterpreneurship and achievement against a backdrop of idealism, rising national capitalism and labor unions, and wars and their aftermath, toward industrual decline and ultimate obsolence followed by environmental cleanup, adaptation and reuse.
- Linda Arntzenius, U.S.1
The Roebling Legacy is a magnificent achievement. The reproduction of the graphics are some of the best I’ve ever seen, and the comprehensive collection of quotations from many varied sources accompanying the images makes it the kind of book I love to own. - Don Sayenga, Arizona
ROEBLING CABLES ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - 75th ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING MAY 27, 2012
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ROEBLING GALLERY
Roebling Bridgemen at Mid-Span. Triple Wheels Spinning Bridge Wire. Wrapping the great 36" cables. Readying Pre-stressed Suspender Ropes.
