Gustav Lindenthal
Gustav Lindenthal (born May 21, 1850 in Brno , Moravia , † July 31, 1935 in Metuchen , New Jersey ) was a bridge engineer. Among other things, he built the Hell Gate Bridge in New York in 1918 , the largest arch bridge in the world. Gustav Lindenthal was awarded three honorary doctorates. An award for bridge engineers was named after him.
Life
Until 1870 Lindenthal was an apprentice and intern at a machine factory in Brno. He spent the time between 1870 and 1874 in Vienna , where he worked, among other things, as an engineer for the Elisabeth Railway, then he built mountain bridges in Munich and Switzerland . In 1874 Lindenthal emigrated to the United States .
Between 1874 and 1877 he worked in Philadelphia , initially as a bricklayer and later as an engineer for the Centenary Exposition. He then worked as a bridge engineer in Pittsburgh until 1895 . Between 1879 and 1891 Lindenthal built bridges for Atlantic & Great Western Railroad in many states of the USA. He also built docks and port facilities in Baltimore , Maryland . In 1883 he received the Roland Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers for designing the Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh. In the same year he moved to New York City . There he set up his office and worked as a freelance bridge construction engineer throughout the United States.
In 1902 and 1903 Lindenthal was Commissioner of Bridges in New York. In 1909 he built the Queensboro Bridge in New York. Two years later he received an honorary doctorate from the TH Dresden . In 1913 he accepted the gold medal for the design of the Hellgate Bridge in Leipzig . Four years later, in 1917, he opened the Sciotoville Bridge in Ohio , and a year later the Hellgate Bridge in New York. In 1921 he received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University in Brno. In 1925 and 1926, Lindenthal designed three bridges in Portland , Oregon . In 1926 he received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University in Vienna.
Gustav Lindenthal also dealt with considerations about a scientific world currency. In the USA he published under his name, in Germany under the art name "Economicus".
literature
- On the 75th birthday of Gustav Lindenthal. In: Die Bautechnik , Volume 3, Issue 25 (June 12, 1925), p. 325.
- Zesch: Lindenthal Gustav. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 219 f. (Direct links on p. 219 , p. 220 ).
- Lindenthal, Gustav. In: American Biography, A New Cyclopedia, New York 1919 ( digitized from Google on HistoricBridges.com)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindenthal, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American bridge engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1935 |
| Place of death | Metuchen , New Jersey |