Theodore Burr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Theodore Burr

American civil engineer

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1771

Place of Birth: Torrington, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1822

Profession: inventor, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Theodore Burr

  • Theodore Burr (August 16, 1771 – 1822 [or November, 1824]) was an inventor from Torrington, Connecticut, who was credited with the Burr Arch Truss bridge design.
  • Burr was awarded US Patent No.
  • 2769 on April 4, 1817 for his arch and truss bridge design. Theodore Burr came to Oxford, New York in 1792.
  • By 1794, he had built a grist mill (once owned by Fletcher & Corbin), and a dam to power the mill.
  • In 1800 he built the first stringer bridge across the Chenango River in Oxford. Around 1804, Burr built the first "sizable bridge" crossing New York's Hudson River, at Waterford, New York.
  • It lasted until 1909, when it was destroyed by fire.
  • The "Burr arch truss", used two long arches, resting on the abutments on either end, that typically sandwiched a multiple kingpost structure.
  • Theodore Burr built nearly every bridge that crossed the Susquehanna River from Binghamton, New York, to Maryland in those days.
  • His successes made him the most distinguished architect of bridges in the country.
  • Today's modern bridges with their graceful arches can be traced back to Theodore Burr and his contemporaries. From 1809-1811, he built an impressive Federal style house on the site of an ancient Indian Fort (at 8 Fort Hill Park) for his family.
  • (Wings were added to both sides of the house at a later and unknown date.) The building still stands and houses the Oxford Memorial Library. Between 1811 and 1818, Burr designed, then constructed or supervised, five crossings of the Susquehanna River.
  • The first four were in Pennsylvania at Nescopeck Falls (Berwick), Columbia, Harrisburg, and Northumberland.
  • The last was the 4,170-foot (1,270 m) Susquehanna River Bridge near Port Deposit, Maryland.

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