The Brooklyn Bridge was initially designed by German immigrant John Augustus Roebling,
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, not long after he had placed his 32-year-old son Washington Roebling in charge of the project. Washington Roebling also suffered a paralyzing injury as a result ofdecompression sickness shortly after the beginning of construction on January 3, 1870.
His wife Emily Warren Roebling who provided the critical written link between her husband and the engineers on site. She spent the next 11 years assisting Washington Roebling, helping to supervise the bridge's construction.
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