• Leon Solomon Moisseiff (November 10, 1872 – September 3, 1943) was a leading suspension bridge engineer in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He...
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    feasible. Joseph Strauss served as chief engineer for the project, with Leon Moisseiff, Irving Morrow and Charles Ellis making significant contributions to...
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    with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. Designed by Leon Moisseiff and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company, the bridge has a total length...
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    However, "Eastern consulting engineers" — by which Eldridge meant Leon Moisseiff, the noted New York bridge engineer who served as designer and consultant...
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    Pierce County for a bridge over the Narrows. The bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff and cost $6.4 million. The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened to traffic...
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    the bridge was Polish-born Ralph Modjeski, the design engineer was Leon Moisseiff, the supervising architect was Paul Philippe Cret, and the construction...
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  • and member of the United States Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1956 Leon Moisseiff (1895), American engineer and designer of the Manhattan Bridge George...
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    counterweight against the deck's movement. This had been tested by Leon Moisseiff when he designed the Manhattan Bridge in 1909, though it was less than...
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  • designed a bridge across the Tacoma Narrows before the design made by Leon Moisseiff, was concerned about a collapse similar to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge...
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    once finalized, were a sharp and drastic contrast from the design by Leon Moisseiff. Instead of a thin plate girder, an open-air stiffening truss with a...
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  • Modjeski Polish-American bridge designer Otto Mohr Bridges, railways Leon Moisseiff American suspension bridge engineer Guilford Lindsey Molesworth English...
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    Perrine, American film actress and model; in Galveston, Texas Died: Leon Moisseiff, 70, American engineer and suspension bridge designer Soviet Union premier...
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    Island. The bridge, designed by American suspension bridge engineer Leon Moisseiff, began construction on November 23, 1938, by the Pacific-General-Columbia...
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  • seismic and wind analysis. He was twice the recipient of the prized Leon S. Moisseiff Award issued annually by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)...
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    the 2020 Nathan N. Newmark Medal, 2017 Reese Research Prize, 2015 Leon S. Moisseiff Award from the ASCE. He is considered an authority in seismic isolation...
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  • 1931: Floyd A. Nagler And Albion Davis 1933: Hardy Cross 1934: Leon Solomon Moisseiff 1935: D. C. Henny 1936: Daniel W. Mead 1937: J. C. Stevens 1938:...
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