Civil engineers are responsible for creating and designing
bridges, buildings, roadways, and other pieces of
infrastructure that are important within a society. Great
designers and architects, there are some names that really
stand out in this field. Continue reading to learn about ten
famous civil engineers and what their inventions have
brought to the world.
1. Henry Larcom Abbot- A military engineer, he served in the
U.S. Army Engineers. He was responsible for creating the
Army's Engineer School of Application and his influence can
be seen in a lot of elements of the coast defense systems of
the U.S., especially in the submarine mine system, and in
the employment of seacoast mortars.
2. Duff A. Abrams- A researcher in the area of organization
and properties of concrete, he was responsible for coming
up with the necessary methods for testing concrete
characteristics that we still use. President of the American
Concrete Association for a year, he discovered the concept
of fineness modulus and the definition of water-cement
ratio.
3. Charles Adler- Charles Adler was an American inventor
and civil engineer. An inhabitant of Baltimore, he invented
several signals, some we still use today. He got a patent on
an electric automotive brake, discovered modern traffic
lights, and invented the first pedestrian-actuated signal.
4. Truman Heminway Aldrich- A civil engineer, Truman
Heminway Aldrich was a mining company executive, as well
as a paleontologist. He investigated the existing coal-mining
operations around the Cahaba coalfield and provided fuel
for the first triumphant coke-fired furnace in the
Birmingham District.
5. Bernard Amadei- A professor of civil engineering at the
University of Colorado, Bernard is the creator of Engineers
without Borders (USA) in addition to being the director of the
Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing
Communities. Although it started out small, the Engineers
without Borders organization now has more than 12,000
members in 225 chapters.
6. Sir David Anderson- A Scottish civil engineer and lawyer,
he joined an enterprise with fellow engineers Basil Mott and
David Hay and created the company Mott Hay and
Anderson. He was ultimately elected president of the
Institution of Civil Engineers.
7. Othmar Hermann Ammann- A Swiss-born American
structural engineer, he designed the Bayonne Bridge, the
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the famous George
Washington Bridge. He also designed more than half of the
11 bridges that attach New York City to the rest of the
country. During the Depression, he was able to cut costs
with his bridge projects while still keeping them safe and
this made him very popular and sought after. As well as his
work on bridges, he planned the construction and directed
the building of the Lincoln Tunnel.
8. Apollodorus of Damascus- A Greek civil engineer,
sculptor, designer, and architect, he constructed Trajan's
Bridge over the Danube, designed the Forum Trajanum in
Rome, designed the triumphal arches of Trajan at
Beneventum and is credited as the architect of the
Pantheon
9. William Armstrong- Armstrong was in charge of creating
the hydraulic accumulator. He often built tall water towers
when water pressure wasn’t available. He created the
hydraulic accumulator which a cast-iron cylinder fitted with
a plunger that supported a heavy weight.
10. Dr. John Job Crew Bradfield- Bradfield was a well-
known Australian engineer who is most famous for
designing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of Australia’s
most illustrious symbols.
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