This year’s annual Roebling Bridge Photo Contest was another great success! The images submitted were stunning. We enjoyed the addition of the youth participation and the creative images in the new "Open" category. We are happy to announce the winners. Thank you for all the participation with the contest. We hope you enjoyed it and your interactions with the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee. 

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The Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee (CCSBC) proudly welcomed members of the University of Cincinnati ROTC to participate in the semi-annual replacement of the American, Kentucky State, and Ohio State flags atop the iconic John A. Roebling Bridge.

Jump in to the deep end of discovery concerning water levels, bridge heights and fact vs. lore. Elizabeth Mariner has written a facinating article documenting all this, and her discovery process. This is a must-read for those who like the bridge as we see it today and like knowing how users of the bridge in the past experienced a different river than ours today. Exactly how high is the bridge? And how deep is the water below? Read and learn!

(Photo: Elizabeth Mariner)

WCPO Channel 9 did a wonderful informational editorial on the flag change on the John A. Roebling Bridge and shared some very nice background information on the Covington-Cincinnati Roebling Bridge Committee as well. This is a very well-done video and is a recommended watch.

The Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee (CCSBC) receives some exposure from Sam Rosenstiel from The Cincinnati Magazine. His article details the beautification and maintenance work of the committee and a splash of bridge and John A. Roebling trivia.

Ralph Wolff, CCSBC former president, shares a refinement of this story:

The tour group that John Roebling brought from New York traveled by rail instead of by boat. This was in April 1869, nearly two years after Roebling had been named chief engineer for the proposed Brooklyn Bridge, and just nine weeks before the tragic mishap that would take his life.

John Roebling wanted these persons to see bridges he had designed and built at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Niagara Falls. In Cincinnati, the contingent stayed at the Burnet House on Third Street and walked to the bridge on the morning after their arrival.

One of the group was Thomas Kinsella, Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. He reported back to his readers that the bridge at Cincinnati was "the stateliest and most splendid evidence of genius, enterprise, and skill it has been my lot to see."

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