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unusual facts about Waddell "A" Truss Bridge


English Landing Park

The park includes the historic Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, built 1898, subject of a patent, which spanned Linn Branch Creek.


Ottawa Rail Bridge

The current bridge was constructed in 1898 by the King Bridge Company and altered in 1932 to include a vertical-lift span designed by Waddell & Harrington.


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Alfred Moore Waddell

In 1870, Waddell was elected to the 42nd United States Congress; he was re-elected three times, serving as the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads during his final term in Congress.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

James Waddell Alexander, the son of James Waddel Alexander, was the company president at the time of the Hyde costume ball scandal in 1905, in which James Hazen Hyde, the son of the founder and a vice president of the company, was falsely accused through a media smear campaign initiated by Alexander and board directors E. H. Harriman, Henry Clay Frick, J.P. Morgan of charging a fabulous $200,000 costume ball to the company.

Calum Waddell

In addition, Waddell was an associate producer on the films The Collingswood Story and Brotherhood of Blood.

Cheat Bridge, West Virginia

The current bridge is a steel truss bridge built in 1912 by the Canton Bridge Company.

Chris Waddell

On May 5, 2010 Chris Waddell was named the 2010 Shining Star of Perseverance Honoree by the WillReturn Council of Assurant Employee Benefits to honor and recognize individuals and groups who overcome disabilities to succeed in the workplace and society.

Cy Young's perfect game

Waddell had outdueled Young on April 25, and then defeated the Americans, who challenged Waddell with Jesse Tannehill, as Waddell threw a one-hitter.

Dennis Bridge

The Dennis Bridge is a steel truss bridge which carries the Pacific Highway across the Hastings River near Port Macquarie, Australia.

Donnellys Crossing Section

For much of the line's length, its formation can be seen travelling through the countryside, and a truss bridge over the Kaihu River is still in place.

Enoch seminar

J. Harold Ellens, James Waddell, Ronald Ruark, Jason von Ehrenkrook, and Aaron Brunell of the University of Michigan served as secretaries of the Conference.

J. Harold Ellens, James Waddell, Ronald Ruark, Jason von Ehrenkrook, Aaron Brunell, and Justin Winger of the University of Michigan served as secretaries of the Conference.

J. Harold Ellens, James Waddell, and Adam Chalom of the University of Michigan served as secretaries of the conference.

Goethe Way

In Buchfart the Goethe Way crosses a wooden through-truss bridge (Holzkastenbrücke) and runs past limestone rocks in which artificial caves were once hollowed out as a refuge.

Guillemard Bridge

Guillemard Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Guillemard Jawi: جمبتن ڬويلليمارد) is a single track railway truss bridge located in Kusial, in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia.

James Hazen Hyde

Falsely accused through a media smear campaign initiated by board directors E. H. Harriman, Henry Clay Frick, J.P. Morgan and company President James Waddell Alexander of charging the $200,000 party to his company, Hyde soon found himself drawn into a maelstrom of allegations of his corporate malfeasance.

James Iredell Waddell

By then the Civil War had been effectively over for more than two months and, when he received confirmation of this fact in early August, Waddell disarmed his ship and took her back to Liverpool in England.

The very last act of the Civil War was Captain Waddell walking up the steps of Liverpool Town Hall with a letter to present to the mayor surrendering his vessel to the British government.

James Waddel

James Waddell is thought to have been a cousin of Rev. Moses Waddel.

James Waddel Alexander

His son, James Waddell Alexander, would also later serve as president of the company, while another son, William C. Alexander, served as company secretary.

James Waddell Alexander II

His maternal grandfather, James Waddell Alexander, was the president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

Jersey Central Traction Company

It eventually got to what is now Route 35 and followed it into Monmouth County; the truss bridge that now carries Route 35 northbound over the New York and Long Branch Railroad in Sayreville was probably built for it.

John Henry Waddell

Within ten months another studio, albeit a smaller one, had been built near Cornville, Arizona, and Waddell was able to resume his sculpting.

Ken Waddell

Waddell sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for Ste. Rose in the 2007 provincial election, but lost to Stu Briese.

Waddell ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 2006, following the resignation of Stuart Murray.

Loutre River

The Katy Trail State Park, a 225-mile-long former railroad bed converted to public use, crosses the Loutre River at McKittrick by means of an iron truss bridge built by the A.P. Roberts Company in 1897.

Onwuchekwa Jemie

He was born in Abia State, Nigeria and was educated at the Hope Waddell Training Institution at Calabar.

Ord Bridge

The steel truss bridge was named after Colonel Sir Harry St. George Ord (1819–1885), the first British Governor of the Straits Settlements (1867–1873) after it was given the Crown Colony status.

Radio Éireann Players

The founding actors (plus three who joined the following year) were: Tom Studley, George Greene, Éamonn Kelly, Joe Lynch, Arthur O'Sullivan, Laurence O'Dea, Frank O'Dwyer, Christine Spencer, Ginette Waddell, Marie Mulvey, Gerard Healey, Leo Leyden, Charles McCarthy, Deirdre O'Meara, Una Collins, Seamus Forde, Charles Davis, Ronald Ibbs, Florence Lynch, Mairín Ní Shuilleabháin, Joseph O'Dea, Christopher Casson, John Stephenson and Aidan Grennell.

Reed Waddell

Waddell's remains were buried in his hometown, at Oak Ridge Cemetery

Tapanui Branch

Bridges sans rails are believed to still exist in the early stages of the line, notably including a truss bridge across the Pomahaka River.

The Night the Bridge Fell Down

The fictional Madison Bridge is represented by the Astoria-Megler Bridge on the Columbia River, the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.

The Seven Descents of Myrtle

It starred Marie Peckinpah as Myrtle, Duane Waddell as Chicken, and Ed Harris as Lot.

Thomas Waddell

When See resigned in June 1904, he recommended to Governor Sir Harry Rawson that he appoint Paddy Crick, but Rawson did not favour Crick because of his excessive drinking in Executive Council meetings and in due course asked Waddell to be premier.

Tom Waddell

The international sporting event was later renamed the Gay Games after the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) sued Waddell for using the word "Olympic" in the original name.

Waddell attended medical school at New Jersey College of Medicine, a division of Seton Hall University, and in 1965 undertook his medical internship at Beth El Hospital, Brooklyn.

His battle against HIV/AIDS is one of the subjects of the award-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt With sports writer Dick Schaap, Waddell wrote an autobiography titled Gay Olympian.

Tulsk

The results of Archaeological Surveys carried out by Prof. John Waddell, from National University of Ireland, Galway, are incorporated into the exhibition rooms at Cruachan Aí Heritage Centre.

Waddell, Arizona

Influence of the name can still be seen in the name of Waddell Road, an arterial street running through Surprise, as well as the New Waddell Dam at Lake Pleasant.

In November 2010 the White Tank Regional Library opened.

William Milnor Roberts

He was in charge of construction of a two-level lattice-truss bridge across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.