Joseph Baermann Strauss
Joseph Strauss (* 9. January 1870 in Cincinnati , Ohio , USA ; † 16th May 1938 in Los Angeles , California , USA) was a German-born American bridge construction - engineering .
Life
Strauss was born into a family of artists. His mother was a pianist, his father Raphael Strauss was a writer and painter. In 1892 he graduated from the University of Cincinnati. After graduating, Strauss worked for two steel construction companies for a few years before he was accepted into Ralph Modjeski's Chicago office , where he developed bascule bridges . In 1904 he opened his own Strauss Bascule Bridge Company in Chicago , which supplied the folding mechanism for numerous bridges.
In response to a request from the San Francisco City Council in 1921, he provided the first plans for a bridge over the Golden Gate . He then devoted a lot of time and energy to pushing through the bridge project. In 1929 he was appointed chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge and oversaw its construction from its start in 1933 to completion in April 1937.
He also designed the Skansen Bridge in Trondheim (1918) as well as the Burnside Bridge (1926) and the Lewis and Clark Bridge (1930). He wrote a poem about the Sequoias of Northern California. Strauss died of a heart attack on May 16, 1938 .
Web links
- Joseph Baermann Strauss. In: Structurae
- Joseph Strauss on American Experience
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strauss, Joseph Baermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strauss, Joseph B. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer and builder of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati , Ohio , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1938 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |