The historic Roebling Wire Rope Workshop in Saxonburg's Roebling Park is tilting and its foundation crumbling. Friends of Saxonburg Museum recently presented a check to borough officials to pay for a $28,304 study to see what repairs would be required to repair the workshop. Etzel Engineer & Build of Saxonburg donated the vinyl wrap seen in the photograph to protect the shop from any further damage. Saxonburg Museum/Submitted Photo

Saxonburg residents treasure their status as the location of the invention of wire rope, and they’re not afraid to pony up to save the remnants of that designation.

Fred Caesar, volunteer curator at the Saxonburg Museum, said Friends of Saxonburg Museum collected $28,304 in donations to pay for a study on the Roebling Wire Rope Workshop’s damaged foundation in Roebling Park.

Caesar, who is president of Friends of Saxonburg Museum, recently gave the check to borough officials so Etzel Engineer & Build, the Saxonburg company hired to conduct the study, could be paid.

He said the fact that his organization was able to collect enough to cover the study is a testament to the connection Saxonburg residents have to the Roebling legacy.