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Born January 27, 1861 • Kraków • Poland
Died June 26, 1940 (aged 79) • Los Angeles • California

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Huey P. Long Bridge
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Sir John Hawkshaw.
Sir John Hawkshaw
British engineer
Albert Fink
American engineer
Mackinac Bridge
David Barnard Steinman
American engineer
Squire Whipple
American engineer
Gustav Lindenthal.
Gustav Lindenthal
American engineer
Timothy Palmer
American architect
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British engineer
Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford
Scottish engineer
Smeaton, detail of an engraving by W. Bromley, 1798, after a portrait by J. Brown
John Smeaton
British engineer
John Rennie
Scottish civil engineer
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith
British civil engineer
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel
French engineer
Jean Perronet: Pont de la Concorde
Jean Perronet
French engineer
Robert Mallet
Irish civil engineer
Sir Gilbert Roberts
British engineer
Robert Maillart
Swiss engineer
William Fairbairn
British engineer
Pont d'Avignon
St. Bénézet
French bridge builder
Freeman, Sir Ralph: Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sir Ralph Freeman
British engineer