ld ferry ride from New York to Brooklyn, he submitted his plans and projects for a suspension bridge over the East River.
             Then, he waited nine years and in 1866 again proposed a suspension bridge over the East River. A lot had happened during those years. The bloody Civil War had been fought and was now over. Times had changed. The Roebling family had changed, too. Washington, who was the oldest of John Roebling's seven living children, had grown up, and became a
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