J. A. L. Waddell

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American bridge designer bridge engineer civil engineer person

J. A. L. Waddell was a prominent American civil engineer and bridge designer renowned for his innovative movable bridge designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
J. A. L. Waddell canonical 2
John Alexander Low Waddell 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
bridge designer ⓘ
bridge engineer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1854-01-15 ⓘ
contributedTo standardization of vertical-lift bridge design ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1938-03-03 ⓘ
degree civil engineering ⓘ
designed early standardized vertical-lift bridge type ⓘ
education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
familyName Waddell ⓘ
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
fullName J. A. L. Waddell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Alexander Low Waddell
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced development of movable bridges in North America ⓘ
knownFor movable bridge design ⓘ
vertical-lift bridges ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Society of Civil Engineers ⓘ
middleName Alexander Low ⓘ
nationality United States of America ⓘ
notableWork Harlem River Lift Bridge designs ⓘ
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City–Hannibal Bridge (vertical-lift design)

South Halsted Street Bridge ⓘ
occupation bridge designer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
engineering consultant ⓘ
structural engineer ⓘ
placeOfActivity Canada ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
publishedInField bridge engineering ⓘ
recognizedAs leading bridge engineer of his time ⓘ
pioneer of vertical-lift bridges ⓘ
wrote engineering papers on movable bridges ⓘ
technical books on bridge design ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge → designer → J. A. L. Waddell ⓘ
Sagamore Bridge → designedBy → J. A. L. Waddell ⓘ
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge → engineer → J. A. L. Waddell ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Alexander Low Waddell
J. A. L. Waddell → fullName → J. A. L. Waddell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Alexander Low Waddell