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Leon Solomon Moisseiff (November 10, 1872 – September 3, 1943) [1] was a leading suspension bridge engineer in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was awarded The Franklin Institute's Louis E. Levy Medal in 1933. [2]
Latvian native Leon Moisseiff arrived in the United States in 1891, at age 19. Five years later, after receiving a civil engineering degree, Moisseiff became an American citizen. He was so...
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Nov 7, 2023 · Leon Moisseiff was a Latvian-born American civil engineer who designed the Golden Gate Bridge and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Learn about his life, career, and the tragic collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940, captured on film by a witness.
The lead designer of the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Leon Salomon Moisseiff, was at the peak of his engineering profession when the ill-fated span collapsed into the chilly waters of Puget Sound that November day.
Learn about Leon Moisseiff, the Latvian-born engineer who designed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and consulted on the Golden Gate Bridge. Find out his biography, works, publications, and links to related information.
Engineer Leon Moisseiff had designed the ultimate in slender bridges. The roadway was a mere 39 feet -- only eight teenagers lying head to toe would fit across the bridge!
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The federal funding agency dictated that a suspension bridge specialist, Leon Moisseiff, be retained to review the design and develop a less expensive configuration. Moisseiff was a proponent of the trend in the 1930's to design suspension bridges with much more slender stiffening deck structures.
