Finley, J.

Japanese: Finley,J.(英語表記)FinleyJ
Finley, J.

…In any case, these primitive suspension bridges had a structure in which the deck was directly attached to the cables, making them extremely flexible. The first to build what could be considered the origin of the modern suspension bridge was American James Finley (1762-1828), whose Jacob's Creek Bridge, completed in 1801, had a rigid bridge girder. This girder gives the suspension bridge rigidity and distributes the load acting on it, and is called a stiffening girder. …

From [Bridge]

...A little later than the Menai Bridge, G. Stephenson, the inventor of the steam locomotive, built the world's first railway bridge, and in 1950 his son Robert built the huge Britannia Bridge, the forerunner of today's box girders, over the Menai Straits with a span of 140 meters. Meanwhile, in the emerging nation of America, bridge technology made great strides in the 19th century, and in 1801 James Finley (1762-1828) built the first suspension bridge with the form of a modern suspension bridge. From around 1820, various truss structures were invented and put into practice. Then, in 1874, JB Eads built a steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis, and the construction of this bridge made full use of a number of innovative construction methods, including compressed air caissons and cantilever construction of bridge girders.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いずれにせよ,これら原始的つり橋は,床をケーブルに直接添わせたため,きわめてたわみやすい構造であった。近代的なつり橋の元祖といえるものを初めて建設したのはアメリカのフィンリーJames Finley(1762‐1828)で,1801年完成のジェーコブズ・クリーク橋は剛性のある橋桁を備えていた。この桁はつり橋に剛性を与えるとともに作用荷重を分布させる働きをもち,補剛桁と呼ばれる。…

【橋】より

…メナイ橋に少し遅れて,蒸気機関車の発明者G.スティーブンソンは世界初の鉄道橋をつくり,その子ロバートは50年,やはりメナイ海峡に今日の箱桁の元祖といえる支間140mの巨大なブリタニア橋を建設した。一方,新興国アメリカでも19世紀に入って橋梁技術は長足の進歩をとげ,1801年フィンリーJames Finley(1762‐1828)によって近代つり橋の形態を備えた初のつり橋が架設され,また20年ころからは各種トラスの考案が競ってなされ,実現に移された。そして74年,J.B.イーズは鋼を本格的に用いたアーチ橋をセント・ルイスのミシシッピ川に架けたが,この橋の工事には圧縮空気ケーソンの基礎,橋桁のカンチレバー架設など,数々の斬新な工法が駆使された。…

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