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Roebling (WASHINGTON AUGUS- TUS)

WASHINGTON AUGUS- TUS, an American civil engineer; born in Saxonburg, Pa., May 26, 1837; son of the preceding. He was graduated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., in 1857; was an engineer officer during the Civil War and attained the rank of colonel of volunteers. In 1865 he resigned from military service to become assistant to his father in constructing the suspension bridges at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. In 1869 he was assistant engineer under his father in the construction of the first suspension bridge over the East River between New York and Brooklyn; and on his father's death became chief engineer, which post he held till the completion of the bridge in 1883.

He then became president of the large wire manufactory at Trenton, N. J.

He published many valuable engineering reports, notably several relating to the construction of the East river bridge.