biography
| name: |
Freyssinet, (Marie) Eugène (Léon)
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pronunciation:
[frayseenay]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1879–1962)
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| biography:
| Civil engineer, born in Objat, SC France. He studied at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris. He developed pre-stressed concrete, and from 1930 was one of the leading exponents of this virtually new structural material, employing it to full advantage in bridges, foundations, a dam in Algeria, the airport runway at Orly, and a water tower at Orléans. |
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