Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
John Alexander Low Waddell
Born: 1854
Died: March 3, 1938 (aged 84)
Bio: John Alexander Low 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.
Known for:
- De pontibus (1898)
- Addresses to engineering students (1911)
- Memoirs and addresses of two decades (1928)
- Specifications for Steel Bridges (1900)