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How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Wishinsky, Frieda
Nelson, Natalie

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ISBN10: 1773061046
ISBN13: 9781773061047
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 9.00 Depth: 10.70
Language: English

The amazing story of Emily Warren Roebling, the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883.

Emily was not an engineer, but she was educated in math and science. She married Washington Roebling, the chief engineer of the famous bridge. When Washington became ill from decompression sickness, Emily stepped in, doing everything from keeping the books, to carrying messages for her husband, to monitoring the construction of the bridge. She was the first person to cross the Brooklyn Bridge when it opened.

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