Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
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)







