Sticks and Stones · Character
Washington Roebling
Engineer who completed the Brooklyn Bridge after his father's death.
minor
Also known as Washington Roebling, the younger Roebling
First appearance: v
Washington Roebling's tie to John Ruskin is one of the pressures that moves Sticks and Stones—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Son of John Roebling; took over construction and directed the work from his home for ten years, becoming an invalid.
Washington Roebling first appears in 0043 v.
With John Ruskin (social): Ruskin's architectural theories and writings were known to Roebling, but they were not direct collaborators.
In The Brooklyn Bridge and the Limits of Romanticism: Son of John Roebling; took over construction and directed the work from his home for ten years, becoming an invalid.
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