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Emily Warren Roebling

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 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

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