Sir Ralph Freeman (27 November 1880 – 11 March 1950) was an Englishstructural engineer, responsible for the design of several of the world's most impressive bridges.
ralph, freeman, civil, engineer, born, 1880, ralph, freeman, november, 1880, march, 1950, english, structural, engineer, responsible, design, several, world, most, impressive, bridges, otto, beit, chirundu, bridge, born, london, england, studied, haberdashers,. Sir Ralph Freeman 27 November 1880 11 March 1950 was an English structural engineer responsible for the design of several of the world s most impressive bridges The Otto Beit or Chirundu Bridge Born in London England he studied at The Haberdashers Aske s Boys School and the City and Guilds of London Institute and in 1901 joined Douglas Fox amp Partners a firm of consulting engineers specialising in the design of steel bridges He rose to become senior partner and in 1938 the firm changed its name to Freeman Fox amp Partners Sir Ralph is best remembered for his design work on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Birchenough Bridge in the Chipinge area of Zimbabwe 1 His son also called Ralph Freeman was also an engineer senior partner at Freeman Fox amp Partners and President of the Institution of Civil Engineers He had been responsible for the design of the Humber Suspension Bridge His grandson Ralph Anthony Freeman was also an engineer who worked on numerous bridges including The RAMA IX Bridge in Bangkok References Edit Sir Ralph Freeman 1880 1950 Structurae This article about an engineer inventor or industrial designer from England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Freeman civil engineer born 1880 amp oldid 1119373115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
