Emily Warren Roebling

Biography

Emily Warren Roebling took over the day-to-day supervision of the Brooklyn Bridge construction when her husband, the chief engineer, became bedridden with caisson disease. She studied higher mathematics, bridge engineering, and materials science to manage the project. For over a decade, she was the primary liaison between her husband and the engineers on site. She was the first person to cross the completed bridge in 1883.

当她的丈夫——首席工程师——因沉箱病卧床不起时，艾米丽·沃伦·罗布林接管了布鲁克林大桥建设的日常监督工作。她学习了高等数学、桥梁工程和材料科学来管理项目。十多年来，她是丈夫和现场工程师之间的主要联络人。1883年她是第一个走过建成的大桥的人。

Key Achievements

• Supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge

  监督布鲁克林大桥的建设

• Self-taught bridge engineering and materials science

  自学桥梁工程和材料科学

• First person to cross the completed Brooklyn Bridge

  第一个走过建成的布鲁克林大桥的人

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Emily Warren Roebling — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Warren_Roebling
2. McCullough, David. The Great Bridge. Simon & Schuster, 1972.