Ferdinand Arnodin

Civil engineer, Engineer

1845 – 1924

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Who was Ferdinand Arnodin?

Ferdinand Joseph Arnodin was a French engineer and industrialist born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône and deceased in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in Loiret. Specialising in cableway transporters, he is regarded as the inventor of the transporter bridge, having been the first to patent the idea in 1887. However, the first such bridge was in fact designed by Alberto Palacio, with Arnodin's help.

Nine of the eighteen known examples may be attributed to him. Three of them still exist. They use the technology of both suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges. Arnodin built a great number of second generation suspension bridges at the turn of the 20th century and he also restored and consolidated a number of old first generation suspension bridges: the aprons were reinforced and the old wire cables replaced by spirally-wound double torsion steel wire ropes, often with addition of a cable-stayed bridge. His factory was established in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire. Vestiges of this factory were still visible a few years ago, and the chimney could still be seen, half ruined, between the Loire and railway.

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Born
Oct 9, 1845
Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Apr 24, 1924
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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