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THIS IS THE ROEBLING ELK DONATED TO THE LODGE BY THE HONORABLE FERDINAND W ROEBLING ON MAY 21 1913

Ferdinand W. Roebling was one of the four sons of John A. Roebling, the founder of the house that bears his name, a full account of whom appears in Volume II of this work. He was born at Saxonburg, Butler county, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1842, and when he was seven years of age his parents removed to Trenton, New Jersey, in which city he spent the remainder of his days. He received his education in the Polytechnic College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and during his course specialized in chemistry. About the close of the Civil War, he assumed the general management of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, at Trenton, the business being established at Saxonburg in 1840 by his father, who transferred the plant to Trenton in 1848, erecting a house for his family at the side of the manufacturing plant, which they occupied until 1857, when they removed to another section of the city and their home became the office of the company. The John A. Roebling Sons Company is the most extensive of its kind in the world, its product consisting of iron, steel, copper and brass wire, wire rope, electric cables and modern wire goods.  ( SEE FOOTNOTE FOR SOURCE CREDIT & MORE INFO ON F W ROEBLING )

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