Roebling Bridge on the Delaware River - Roebling Aqueduct in PA
Our latest escapade...at the charming Roebling Inn by the Roebling Bridge (former Roebling Aqueduct) in Pennsylvania (PA).
The Delaware Aqueduct, designed and built by famed engineer John A. Roebling, has withstood a very colorful history from being an important piece in the region's transportation, to uncertainty during the growth of rail to finally being restored by the National Park Service and in use as an automobile bridge today. More information on the Roebling Aqueduct: . More information on the Roebling Inn (we give it 2 thumbs up):
Roebling Bridge - Pocono Mountains (Poconos)
This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100 Year Anniversary. We have two national parks in close proximity to Lake Wallenpaupack that contain significant cultural resources. One of these national treasures is the Roebling Bridge located 20 minutes from Lake Wallenpaupack. This was the first suspension bridge (canal aqueduct) that was the model for bridges in New York City. Watch the video to learn more and to see the entire episodes of Wallenpaupack Life or to explore advertising opportunities on the show, visit WallyLife.com
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Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct: The oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States
Roebling Bridge was built in 1847 and runs 535 feet from Minisink Ford, New York to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania over the Delaware River. It brought timber and coal barges across the Delaware River connecting to canals and making the shipment of timber much easier.
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Roebling Bridge / Delaware Aqueduct
A drive across the oldest wire cable suspension bridge in the United States.
D&H Canal Roebling Aqueduct Cuddebackville NY
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Roebling Bridge N.Y. to Pa. on a V-Strom 650
A quick trip over the Roebling Bridge from Minisink Ford, NY to Lackawaxen, Pa. This is the oldest existing wire cable suspension bridge in the nation.
D & H Canal Linear Park at Cuddebackville, NY
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Bridges of Union County, Ohio
Drive through of four of Union County, Ohio's covered bridges, including the renovated Bigelow Little Covered Bridge, the new Buck Run Covered Bridge, the moved and renovated Pottersburg Covered Bridge, and the beautiful, new Mill Creek Covered Bridge.
Ricoh Theta S 360 Video over Roebling's Bridge New York/Pennsylvania
Filmed with a Ricoh Theta S 360 degree camera while driving from Mini Sink, New York over the Delaware River to Pennsylvania over the Roebling Bridge. It is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United State.
From Brooklyn to Manhattan across the Bklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen (14) years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since opening, it has become an icon of New York City and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.
Design
Although the Brooklyn Bridge is technically a suspension bridge, it uses a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge design. The towers are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The limestone was quarried at the Clark Quarry in Essex County, New York. The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, and delivered from Maine to New York by schooner.
The bridge was built with numerous passageways and compartments in its anchorages. New York City rented out the large vaults under the bridge's Manhattan anchorage in order to fund the bridge. Opened in 1876, the vaults were used to store wine, as they were always at 60 °F (16 °C). This was called the Blue Grotto because of a shrine to the Virgin Mary next to an opening at the entrance. When New York magazine visited one of the cellars about 102 years later, in 1978, it discovered, on the wall, a fading inscription reading: Who loveth not wine, women and song, he remaineth a fool his whole life long.
Construction
Construction of the bridge began in 1869. The bridge was designed by German immigrant John Augustus Roebling, who had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, the Waco Suspension Bridge and the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. While conducting surveys for the bridge project, Roebling sustained a crush injury to his foot when a ferrypinned it against a piling. After amputation of his crushed toes he developed a tetanus infection which left him incapacitated and soon resulted in his death in 1869, not long after he had placed his 32-year-old son Washington Roebling in charge of the project.
The bridge's two towers were built by floating two caissons, giant upside-down boxes made of southern yellow pine, in the span of the East River, and then beginning to build the stone towers on top of them until they sank to the bottom of the river. Compressed air was pumped into the caissons, and workers entered the space to dig the sediment, until the caissons sank to the bedrock. The whole weight of the bridge still sits upon a 15-foot thickness of southern yellow pine wood under the sediment.
Many workers became sick with the bends in this work. This condition was unknown at the time, and was first called caisson disease by the project physician Andrew Smith. Washington Roebling also suffered a paralyzing injury as a result of decompression sickness shortly after ground was broken for the Brooklyn tower foundation on January 3, 1870. Roebling's debilitating condition left him unable to physically supervise the construction firsthand.
As Chief Engineer, Roebling supervised the entire project from his apartment with a view of the work, designing and redesigning caissons and other equipment. He was aided by his wife Emily Warren Roebling who provided the critical written link between her husband and the engineers on site. Under her husband's guidance, Emily studied higher mathematics, the calculations of catenarycurves, the strengths of materials, bridge specifications, and the intricacies of cable construction. She spent the next 11 years assisting Washington Roebling, helping to supervise the bridge's construction. When iron probes underneath the caisson for the Manhattan tower found the bedrock to be even deeper than expected, Roebling halted construction due to the increased risk of decompression sickness. He later deemed the aggregate overlying the bedrock 30 feet (9.1 m) below it to be firm enough to support the tower base, and construction continued. The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge is detailed in the 1972 book The Great Bridge by David McCullough and Brooklyn Bridge (1981), the first PBS documentary film by Ken Burns. Burns drew heavily on McCullough's book for the film and used him as narrator. It is also described in Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, a BBC docudrama series with accompanying book.
Towpath Intro
Discover the Delaware & Lehigh Canal, a National Heritage Corridor. Visit to learn about the recreational and learning opportunities the Corridor provides today. Tales of the Towpath is a children's book and educational curriculum about a man's return to his childhood, a journey back to an age when anthracite coal was fueling America's industries and canals were the country's highways. Let Finn Gorman guide you back in time on the interactive website at
Places to see in ( New York - USA ) Brooklyn Bridge
Places to see in ( New York - USA ) Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest roadway bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since opening, it has become an icon of New York City and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.
Although the Brooklyn Bridge is technically a suspension bridge, it uses a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge design. The towers are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The limestone was quarried at the Clark Quarry in Essex County, New York. The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, and delivered from Maine to New York by schooner. The bridge was built with numerous passageways and compartments in its anchorages. New York City rented out the large vaults under the bridge's Manhattan anchorage in order to fund the bridge. Opened in 1876, the vaults were used to store wine, as they were always at 60 °F (16 °C). This was called the Blue Grotto because of a shrine to the Virgin Mary next to an opening at the entrance. When New York magazine visited one of the cellars in 1978, it discovered on the wall a fading inscription reading: Who loveth not wine, women and song, he remaineth a fool his whole life long.
The bridge was conceived by German immigrant John Augustus Roebling in 1852, who spent part of the next 15 years working to sell the idea. He had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. While conducting surveys for the bridge project, Roebling sustained a crush injury to his foot when a ferry pinned it against a piling. After amputation of his crushed toes, he developed a tetanus infection that left him incapacitated and soon resulted in his death in 1869, not long after he had placed his 32-year-old son, Washington Roebling, in charge of the project.
The Brooklyn Bridge originally carried horse-drawn and rail traffic, with a separate elevated walkway along the centerline for pedestrians and bicycles. Since 1950, the main roadway has carried six lanes of automobile traffic. Because of the roadway's height (11 ft (3.4 m) posted) and weight (6,000 lb (2,700 kg) posted) restrictions, commercial vehicles and buses are prohibited from using this bridge. The two inside traffic lanes once carried elevated trains of the BMT from Brooklyn points to a terminal at Park Row via Sands Street. Streetcars ran on what are now the two center lanes (shared with other traffic) until the elevated lines stopped using the bridge in 1944, when they moved to the protected center tracks. In 1950, the streetcars also stopped running, and the bridge was rebuilt to carry six lanes of automobile traffic.
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Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct eastbound
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. It was built in 1849 as a water-carrying aqueduct, carrying the Delaware & Hudson Canal over the Delaware River. It has since been repurposed for vehicular traffic and was recently restored to its former glory. The aqueduct was designed by the famed 19th Century engineer John A. Roebling, who would go on to achieve greater fame with his designs of the Cincinnati and Brooklyn Bridges.
D&H Canal South Ellenville
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New York Brooklyn Bridge photo
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle,[7] and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since its opening, it has become an icon of New York City, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964[6][8][9] and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972
Construction of the bridge began in 1869.[11] The bridge was initially designed by German immigrant John Augustus Roebling, who had previously designed and constructed shorter suspension bridges, such as Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. While conducting surveys for the bridge project, Roebling sustained a crush injury to his foot when a ferry pinned it against a piling. After amputation of his crushed toes he developed a tetanus infection which left him incapacitated and soon resulted in his death, not long after he had placed his 32-year-old son Washington Roebling in charge of the project.[16]
The bridge's two towers were built by floating two caissons, giant upside-down boxes made of southern yellow pine, in the span of the East River, and then beginning to build the stone towers on top of them until they sank to the bottom of the river. Compressed air was pumped into the caissons, and workers entered the space to dig the sediment, until the caissons sank to the bedrock. The whole weight of the bridge still sits upon a 15-foot thickness of southern yellow pine wood under the sediment.[17]
Many workers became sick with the bends in this work.[18] This condition was unknown at the time, and was first called caisson disease by the project physician Andrew Smith.[19][20] Washington Roebling also suffered a paralyzing injury as a result of decompression sickness shortly after the beginning of construction on January 3, 1870.[21] Roebling's debilitating condition left him unable to physically supervise the construction firsthand.
Roebling conducted the entire construction from his apartment with a view of the work, designing and redesigning caissons and other equipment. He was aided by his wife Emily Warren Roebling who provided the critical written link between her husband and the engineers on site.[22] Under her husband's guidance, Emily studied higher mathematics, the calculations of catenary curves, the strengths of materials, bridge specifications, and the intricacies of cable construction.[23][24][25] She spent the next 11 years assisting Washington Roebling, helping to supervise the bridge's construction. When iron probes underneath the caisson for the Manhattan tower found the bedrock to be even deeper than expected, Roebling halted construction due to the increased risk of decompression sickness. He later deemed the aggregate overlying the bedrock 30 feet (9 m) below it to be firm enough to support the tower base, and construction continued.[26]
The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge is detailed in the 1972 book The Great Bridge by David McCullough[22] and Brooklyn Bridge (1981), the first PBS documentary film by Ken Burns.[27] Burns drew heavily on McCullough's book for the film and used him as narrator.[28] It is also described in Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, a BBC docudrama series with accompanying book.
Roebling Museum - Roebling, NJ
Roebling Museum tells the manufacturing history behind some of the most famous suspension bridges and the people that made it possible. The Main Gate Building has exhibits on wire rope made in Roebling. It had many uses including building the George Washington Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. Grounds display equipment that helped create engineering wonders of the modern world.
Dingman's Ferry Bridge eastbound
The Dingmans Bridge crosses the Delaware River as the only river crossing between Stroudsburg and Milford. The bridge was built in 1900 and is the last privately-owned toll bridge across the Delaware. As one of the last privately-owned bridges in the United States, it is owned and operated by the Dingmans Choice and Delaware Bridge Company.
The Allegheny Portage Railway
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D&H Canal at Mongaup River. Orange County Line NY
filmed 27 November 2015
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D&H Canal Lock 31 Hawley Pennsylvania
D&H Canal Lock 31 Hawley, Pennsylvania. Wayne County Historical Society. 27 Nov 15
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