Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
November 10, 1962 The Silverwater Bridge in Sydney, the capital city of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), was officially opened. This structure, which spans the Parramatta River in Sydney’s suburb of Silverwater, was the first concrete box girder bridge built in NSW. Bob Heffron (1890-1978), who was the premier of NSW from 1959... Continue Reading →
July 13, 1879 Civil engineer and prestressed concrete pioneer Eugène Freyssinet was born in the commune of Objat in central France. By the time that World War I broke out in 1914, Freyssinet had designed several major bridges in France. A leading example of Freyssinet’s work in those pre-war years was the Pont le Veurdre near... Continue Reading →
