John Alexander Low Waddell
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Alexander Low Waddell (1854- March 3, 1938, often shortened to J.A.L. Waddell and sometimes known as John Alexander Waddell) was an American civil engineer and prolific bridge designer, with more than a thousand structures to his credit in the United States, Canada, as well as Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, and New Zealand. Waddell’s work set standards for elevated railroad systems and helped develop materials suitable for large span bridges. His most important contribution was the development of the steam-powered high-lift bridge. His design was first used in 1893 for Chicago`s South Halsted Street Lift-Bridge over the Chicago River; he went on to design more than 100 other movable...
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