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David Bernard Steinman

Born on 11 June 1886
in Khomsk, Brest Voblast, Belarus
Deceased on 21 August 1960
in New York, New York, USA
David B. Steinman
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Associated with the following firms:

Formerly
Founder 
Robinson & Steinman
Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & Birdsall
Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & London

Biography
Education
Studies at the City College of New York and Columbia University
5 August 1890
Emigrates to the USA with his family at the age of 4.
1910 - 1914
Teaches at the University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho)
1911
Doctorate at Columbia University
1914
Works on the Sciotoville Bridge under Gustav Lindenthal
1917 - 1920
Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering;
Later opens his own design office with Holton D. Robinson
1920 - 1940
Bridges in the United States, Thailand, England, Italy, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Canada, Korea, Iraq
1931
St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon and cooperation on the George-Washington-Bridge
1948
Begins reconstruction of Brooklyn Bridge
1953
Proposal for the Messina Straits, span of 1524 meters;
Develops new method of stereo photography

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
Chief engineer 
Mackinac Straits Bridge (1957) 9
Design 
Brooklyn Bridge (1883) 211
Carquinez Strait Bridge (1927) 19
Constance and Georgina Islands Bridge 
Deer Isle Bridge (1939) 5
Georgina Island Bridge (1938)
Grand Mère Suspension Bridge (1929) 2
Henry Hudson Bridge (1936) 4
Hercilio Luz Bridge (1926) 5
Hill and Constance Islands Bridge 
July 14 Bridge (1962) 1
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge (1957)
Mount Hope Bridge (1929) 10
Saint John's Bridge (1931) 23
Sky Ride (1933)
Sullivan-Hutsonville Bridge (1939) 11
Waldo-Hancock Bridge (1931) 2
Wellesley and Hill Islands Bridge (1938)
Wellesley Island Suspension Bridge (1938) 1
Structural engineering 
Hercilio Luz Bridge (1926) 5
Market Street Bridge (1905) 1
Assistant engineer 
Hell Gate Bridge (1916) 8

Participation in the following large-scale projects
Role, name of project (year of completion)Structure part
Design 
Thousand Islands Bridge System 

Bibliography
* Steinman, D. B.   Waldo-Hancock Bridge, in "Engineering News Record", 17 March 1932 .
* Steinman, D.-B.   Le pont sur le détroit de Messine pour relier la Sicile à l'Italie, in "Travaux", November 1954, n. 241 .
* Steinman, David B.   The Builders of the Bridge (2nd edition), Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York (USA) , 1950.
* Steinman, David B.   L'esthétique des ponts métalliques, in "Ossature métallique", January 1946 v. 11 .
* Steinman, David B.   Multiple-Span Suspension Bridge to Replace Rhine Arches at Düsseldorf, in "Engineering News Record", 27 June 1946, n. 26 .
* Steinman, David B.   Le pont Henry Hudson à New York, in "Ossature métallique", September 1938 v. 7 .
* Steinman, David B.   Pont suspendu du type "Florianopolis", in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", January 1957 v. 22 .
* Steinman, David B.   A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges (2nd edition), John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , 1929.
* Steinman, David B.   Le problème aérodynamique des ponts suspendus et sa solution (1ère partie), in "Ossature métallique", October 1954 v. 19 .
* Steinman, David B.   Le problème aérodynamique des ponts suspendus et sa solution (2ème partie), in "Ossature métallique", November 1954 v. 19 .
* Steinman, David B.   Vérification de la stabilité aérodynamique du pont de Mackinac, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", April 1956 v. 21 .
* Steinman, David B.   Le Voyage Aérien à l'Exposition "Un siècle de progrès", à Chicago, 1933, in "Ossature métallique", February 1934 v. 3 .

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkarchINFORM: Steinmann English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkASCE: History and heritage of civil engineering: David B. Steinman English
External LinkBernd Nebel: Brückenbauer: David Barnard Steinman German

Relevant Literature
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 141-6.
* Bruschi, M. G.   Eminent Structural Engineer: David B. Steinman (1886 - 1960), in "Structural Engineering International", February 2008, n. 1 v. 18 .
* Eggemann, Holger   Bogenbrücken mit steifer Bewehrung, in "Österreichische Ingenieur- Und Architekten-Zeitschrift", 2005, n. 2-3 v. 150 .
* Petroski, Henry   Engineers of Dreams, Vintage Books, New York (USA) , ISBN 0679730210, 1995; pp. 320-374.
* Ratigan, William   Highways Over Broad Waters, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
* Ricken, Herbert   Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 231.

 
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