Emily Warren Roebling
American engineer
Died when: 59 years 158 days (713 months)Star Sign: Libra
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 construction through communicating between her husband and on-site personnel.Her husband was the chief engineer during construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been designed by his late father, John A.
Roebling.
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