Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Benjamin Severson

From Graces Guide

American civil engineer.

Developed an unusual type of bow-string girder, using wire cables as tension members.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] 'An Unusual Application of Wire Cables from the 1850s: Benjamin Severson's Wire-tied Iron Girders. by Sara E. Wermiel, Construction History Volume 17, 2001