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Joseph Baermann Strauss

Born on 7 January 1870
in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Deceased on 16 May 1938
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Joseph B. Strauss
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Formerly
Founder 
Strauss Bascule Company, Ltd.

Biography
1892
Graduates from the University of Cincinnati;
works for Ralph Modjeski in Chicago
1902
Founds his own company
1904
Company becomes Strauss Engineering Corp. with offices in Chicago and San Francisco

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
Chief engineer 
Golden Gate Bridge (1937) 274
Design 
Burnside Bridge (1926) 10
Hoquiam River Bridge (1928)
Lewis and Clark Bridge (1930) 3
Skansen Bridge (1918) 2
Consulting engineers 
Washington Street Bridge (1908)

Bibliography
* Strauss, Joseph B.   The Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco (USA) , 1937.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Joseph B. Strauss English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkASCE: History and heritage of civil engineering: Joseph B. Strauss English
External LinkWikipedia: Joseph Baermann Strauss German
External LinkWikipedia: Joseph Strauss English

Relevant Literature
* Dietrich, Richard J.   Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 194-202.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 470.
* Van der Zee, John   The Gate, Simon & Schuster, New York (USA) , ISBN 0-671-60205-5, 1986.

 
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