Squire Whipple C.E. (Hardwick, 16 de setembro de 1804 — Albany, 15 de março de 1888) foi um engenheiro civil estadunidense conhecido como "Pai das Pontes de Ferro na América".
Patents
- Bowstring iron-bridge truss (1841) - Lift draw bridge
Livros A Work on Bridge-Building: Consisting of Two Essays, the One Elementary and General, the Other Giving Original Plans, and Practical Details, for Iron and Wooden Bridges (1847)
Ligações externas Genealogy Squire Whipple, Whipple.org Squire Whipple essay, Whipple.org ASCE - History and Heritage of Civil Engineering
Survey number HAER NY-4 - Whipple Cast & Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge, Normans Kill Vicinity, Albany, Albany County, NY (Biography on page 3)
Categoria:National Inventors Hall of Fame