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1935 Labor Day hurricane

As curiosity, eccentric inventor Donald Roebling was impressed by the difficulties in rescuing victims of this hurricane, and that inspired him to design an amphibious tractor that could travel through flooded areas.

Donald Roebling

He was the great-grandson of John A. Roebling, who began the design of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the grandson of Colonel Washington A. Roebling and Emily Warren Roebling, who together completed the design and supervised its construction.

John A. Roebling

His great-grandson Donald Roebling was a noted philanthropist and inventor who devised the amphtrack.

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