X-Nico

unusual facts about Eli H. Janney


Eli Janney

Eli H. Janney (1831–1912), American inventor of the Janney coupler used in rail transport


Jack R. Janney

Janney performed more than 60 scale-model studies from 1958 to 1969 on many important structures, including Chicago’s First National Bank, the Kodak Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, and the hyperbolic paraboloid roof for TWA’s maintenance hangar in Kansas City, Missouri.

After only one semester, Janney left college and enlisted in the Navy where he became a decorated pilot during World War II.

Engineering News-Record (ENR) twice honored Janney with its “Those Who Made Marks” designation in 1967, for his full-scale testing (to failure) of several buildings at the New York World’s Fair and in 1982 for innovations employed in the rehabilitation of Chicago’s Soldier Field.


see also