Research Sources for Emily Roebling

Rensseleur Polytechnic institute (Husband attended) and family moved to Troy, NY after Brooklyn.
Rutgers University Special Collections has some of her correspondence.
She enjoyed theater and kept scarpbooks about plays as well as the Brooklyn bridge. you can find that information at BHS.

The Woman Behind the Bridge

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NJ girl makes good.

Traveling through Brooklyn

 Today we saw the changing world of Greenpoint. I think that having the water tour and the walking tour of the same area was helpful. It truly shed a light on how the industrial era has given way to the modern era. The ice cream was excellent also!