Brooklyn’s Bridge is inspired by the extraordinary life of Emily Roebling, wife of Brooklyn Bridge Chief Engineer Colonel Washington Roebling.
While working in the caissons under the East River, Washington had a debilitating attack of "the bends" and became bedridden. For the next eleven years, only Emily was seen on the worksite, delivering plans, handling both complicated engineering and political issues.
The New York Times recently revised their obituary acknowledging that, “SHE built the bridge.”
As the Brooklyn Bridge grows stronger, foundations to towers, cables to roadway...so does this extraordinary couple's love for one another, as Emily fearlessly navigates uncharted waters; a Victorian woman in a man’s world.
