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John Augustus Roebling


John Augustus Roebling
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Copyright: Greg Hume (greghume) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 110 W: 61 N: 63] (931)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09-20
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
Exposure: f/2.8, 2 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-21 0:40
Viewed: 620
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
John Augustus Roebling was born on June 12, 1806, in Muhlhausen, Thuringia, Prussia. He was educated in the public schools of Muhlhausen and the city Gymnasium, and was also tutored privately to qualify him for entrance to the Royal Polytechnic School at Berlin. At the Institute his course included architecture and engineering, bridge construction, hydraulics, languages, and philosophy. He was a pupil of Hegel, and there is a tradition in the Roebling family that he was the philosopher's favorite disciple. He emigrated to the United States in 1831, and farmed for a number of years. This proved unsatisfying in time and he found work in the Erie canal system. He became an innovator in the production of wire cable used on inclines, canal boats and eventually bridges.
In the fall of 1856 the foundations of the towers of the Ohio Bridge at Cincinnati in the background were laid. Work was interrupted in 1857 for lack of money. Another bridge project in Pittsburgh and the Civil War continued the interruption. In 1863, however, operations were resumed on the work at Cincinnati, and the bridge was finished in 1867.
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Great night shot Greg. Marvellous detail from foreground to background. With great lighting this and amazing shot. TFS

Peter

hi Greg,
wooow.excellent photo..very nice composition..well done

Onur

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  • Quark Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1339 W: 10 N: 29] (66)
  • [2005-09-21 13:51]
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I've never heard of this man, where you're talking about but, the picture with him as foreground and the city as "lights" in the background, that's really nice, very clear all over, great nightshot, Greg !

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