THE BUILDERS OF THE BRIDGE
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
EMILY WARREN ROEBLING
1843 - 1903
WHOSE FAITH AND COURAGE HELPED HER STRICKEN HUSBAND
COL. WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING, C.E.
1837 - 1926
COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BRIDGE
FROM THE PLANS OF HIS FATHER
JOHN A. ROEBLING, C.E.
1805 - 1869
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE BRIDGE
BACK OF EVERY GREAT WORK WE CAN FIND
"THE SELF-SACRIFICING DEVOTION OF A WOMAN"
THIS TABLET ERECTED 1931 BY
THE BROOKLYN ENGINEERS CLUB
WITH FUNDS RAISED BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION
Submitted by h_mckinstry