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John Augustus Roebling, (sculpture). Artist:  Miller, Richard J., sculptor. Title:  John Augustus Roebling, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: metal. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 8 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 5 ft. x 52 in. Inscription:  Richard J. Miller From an immigrant to an immigrant,/John Roebling, and to all other immi/grants who have helped build Greater/Cincinnati from Matth. Toebben and his family. signed Description:  A bearded figure of John Augustus Roebling stands dressed in an opened frock coat, vest, trousers, and boots. He extends his proper right arm toward the suspension bridge on the Ohio River and holds a three-sided ruler with his proper left hand. The figure stands on a low base near an adjacent rock that displays Roebling's outlines and details for two bridge designs. Subject:  Portrait male -- Roebling, John Augustus -- Full Length Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Covington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Covington, Parks and Recreation, 7th & Madison, Covington, Kentucky 41011 Located Riverside Drive at Greenup Street, Covington, Kentucky Remarks:  John Augustus Roebling, 1806-1869, designed the Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge and was its chief construction engineer. He moved to New York to design the Brooklyn Bridge but died while surveying the piers for the bridge. IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque. For a related article see: Kentucky Post, April 6, 1988, pg. 1KK, 2KK. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS KY000114   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000114 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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