Word: caissons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...foot was crushed in 1869 while making a preliminary survey for Brooklyn Bridge and 18 days later he lay dead of tetanus infection. The work was carried on by his young son Washington Augustus Roebling. an engineer proud of his Civil War-earned rank of Colonel. His specialty was caisson construction and he spent much time in high-pressure chambers under the East River. He contracted the "bends" a disease feared by all men who work under compressed air. Close to death, he rented a room on Brooklyn Heights and watched the construction through a telescope. His voice failed...