American civil engineer and bridge designer.
Biographical Information
| Name: | John Alexander Low Waddell |
|---|---|
| Other name(s): | J. A. L. Waddell |
| Born on | 15 January 1854 in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, North America |
| Deceased on | 3 March 1938 in New York, New York, USA, North America |
| Collaborator of | Ira G. Hedrick |
| Place(s) of activity: | |
| 1875 | Receives a degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York (USA). |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
consulting engineer
designer
- Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge - Waddell and Harrington
- Caddo Lake Drawbridge
- Lower Hack Lift
- Old Saint Charles Bridge
- Red Rock Bridge
- Saint Peter Bridge
- Snowden Lift Bridge - Waddell and Harrington
- Victoria Street Bridge
- Waddell "A" Truss Bridge
engineer
- Mystic Bascule Bridge - Waddell and Son
Bibliography
- (1899): Correspondence on Working Stress for Bridges. In: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 41, n. 1 ( 1899), pp. 503-553.
- (1921): Creeping of Railroad Rails. In: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 84, n. 1 ( 1921), pp. 361-385.
- (1921): Bridge versus Tunnel for the Proposed Hudson River Crossing At New York City. In: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 84, n. 1 ( 1921), pp. 570-574.
- (1884): The designing of ordinary iron highway bridges. John Wiley, New York (USA), pp. 244.
- (1886): American versus English methods of bridge designing. Tokyo (Japan).
Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- (2006): Development of the Vertical Lift Bridge: Squire Whipple to J. A. L. Waddell, 1872–1917. In: Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), v. 11, n. 5 (September 2006), pp. 642-654.
- (2004): Fixing the Blame. Organizational Culture and the Quebec Bridge Collapse. In: Technology and Culture, v. 45, n. 3 (July 2004), pp. 487-518.
- (2002): Henry John Degenkolb and John Alexander Low Waddell. In: Leadership and Management in Engineering (ASCE), v. 2, n. 2 (April 2002), pp. 44-46.
- (2018): The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium. 2nd edition, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für technische Wissenschaften, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9, pp. 1075-1076.
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