Biographical Information
| Name: | Blair Birdsall |
|---|---|
| Born in | 1907 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, North America |
| Deceased in | 1997 |
| Place(s) of activity: | |
| 1929 | Graduates from Princeton University with a degree in civil engineering. |
| 1934 | Joins John A. Roebling Sons |
| 1952 | Chief Engineering and General Manager of the Roebling Bridge Division |
| 1964 | Joins Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London |
| 1976 | Becomes managing partner of what becomes Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and Birdsall |
| 24 May 1984 | Proclaimed Blair Birdsall Day the Borough of Manhattan |
| 1989 | First recipient of the Roebling Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
consultant
designer
Bibliography
- (1942): The Suspension Bridge Tower Cantilever Problem. In: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 107, n. 1 ( 1942), pp. 847-862.
- (1971): Main Cables of Newport Suspension Bridge. In: Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE), v. 97, n. 12 (December 1971), pp. 2825-2835.
- (1992): Lessons to be learned from the history of suspension bridge suspenders. Presented at: IABSE Workshop: Length Effect on Fatigue of Wires and Strands, El Paular, Madrid, Spain, 1992.
- (1997): A Bridge for the 21st Century. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 67, n. 10 (October 1997), pp. 68-71.
Relevant Publications
- (2012): Sunderland, Birdsall and the Roebling Co: Development and Diffusion of Construction Technologies for Suspension Bridges, 1928-1952. Presented at: Fourth International Congress on Construction History, Paris, 3-7 July 2012, pp. 667-674.
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