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Washington Augustus Roebling II (March 25, 1881 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and early automobile manufacturer who perished in the sinking of RMS Titanic . Early life and education.
Mr Washington Augustus Roebling II was born in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey on 25 March 1881. He was the son of Charles Gustavus Roebling (b. 1849) and Sarah Mahon Ormsby (b. 1856) and was named for his father's eldest brother, Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926), an American Civil War veteran and civil engineer whose best known work ...
May 10, 2023 · Biography. The man who sped up the world. Washington was born in 1881. He passed away in 1912 a victim of the RMS Titanic tragedy that sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City.
Washington Augustus Roebling (May 26, 1837 – July 21, 1926) was an American civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed by his father John A. Roebling. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as an officer at the Battle of Gettysburg .
Apr 9, 2012 · On April 10, 1912, Washington A. Roebling II boarded the Titanic with his friend, Stephen Weart Blackwell and perished when the ship sank on its maiden voyage. Their deaths sent shock waves ...
Washington Augustus Roebling II was an American businessman and early automobile manufacturer who perished in the sinking of RMS Titanic. Washington August Roebling was born in Trenton, New Jersey on March 25, 1881 into the prominent Roebling family of American Industrialists.
May 22, 2024 · Washington Augustus Roebling (born May 26, 1837, Saxonburg, Pa., U.S.—died July 21, 1926, Trenton, N.J.) was a U.S. civil engineer under whose direction the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, was completed in 1883; the bridge was designed by Roebling with his father, John Augustus.
