Donald Bailey

Sir Donald Coleman Bailey (15 September 1901 – 5 May 1985) was a British civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge.

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15 September - 1901 - 5 May - 1985 - British - Civil engineer - Bailey bridge

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Bailey studied for a period at Sheffield University.

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Bailey was a civil servant in the War Office when he designed his bridge. Another engineer, A.M. Hamilton, successfully demonstrated that the Bailey bridge breached a patent on the Hamilton-Callender bridge, though the Bailey bridge was generally regarded as being superior. Bailey was knighted in 1946 for his bridge design. He died in Bournemouth in 1985.

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War Office - A.M. Hamilton - Patent - Hamilton-Callender bridge - 1946 - Bournemouth - 1985

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