Directory of Whipple, Squire Resources

American Civil Engineer. Developed the first scientifically based rules for bridge construction. Born: 1804 Died: 1888

Resources in This Category

America's Railroads and Skyscrapers Indebted to Civil Engineer Squire Whipple

http://www.whipple.org/blaine/squire.html
Essay on Whipple's development of the first scientifically based rules for bridge construction.
An Elementary and Practical Treatise on Bridge Building

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AGW8531
Full text of Whipple's book published in 1873. From the University of Michigan Library.
Bridge-Building

http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/cdm4/bridges_viewer.php?ptr=1883&DMTEXT=whipple&searchworks=1
Facsimile of Whipple's 1847 essays which include original plans and practical details for iron and wooden bridges. Also available in text and tiff formats.

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