Roebling Images of America 2001 Charleston, SC Roebling PB HISTORY WB I

# Roebling is a tribute to the Roebling family & the mill workers -their families. Events & places & the faces that brought them to life, an example of a company Town built right.... larger paperback copy, clean- exception of previous owner printed - front title page...Interesting snapshot of the growth &, social, cultural, religious aspects of an inclusive planned Town Roebling, of interest to historians Architects, urban planners... pictures provided for your review the book is in good condition with just minor scuffs, the slightest amount of minutiae from being used... Pictures provider for your review.... Building bridges - aqueducts with its wire rope brought the John A. Roebling's Sons Company fame and fortune. In 1904, the company purchased over 250 acres 10 miles south of Trenton, for the expansion of the flourishing company -construction of the Kinkora Works, and thus the Village of Roebling, began. Charles G. Roebling, the son of company founder John A. Roebling, sought to create a self-contained village where people would work and live. His new community consisted of 750 brick homes, a general store, and a public school. In time, other stores and businesses opened to meet the needs of the villagers, Roebling became home to families of many different ethnic backgrounds and religions.....Roebling (Images of America) Friends of Roebling, 2001 - copyright, Published by Arcadia, imprint of Tempest Publishing Inc, Charleston, SC., Printed in Great Britain,, ISBN - 0738505102 ,Lccn -2001 10886559..... Roebling 5911 PB HISTORY WB I