Eugène Freyssinet [SEP] date of death
Eugène Freyssinet
Eugène Freyssinet () (13 July 1879 – 8 June 1962) was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.
Biography.
Freyssinet was born in at Objat, Corrèze, France. He worked in the "École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées" in Paris, France where he designed several bridges until the First World War intervened. His tutors included Charles Rabut. He served in the French Army from 1904–1907 and again from 1914-1918 as a road engineer
sister ship, USS "Macon", built in 1931 and 1933, respectively. These two airships were 785 feet (239 m) in length.
Other historic references date back to Europe. An outstanding example are the two "hangars d'Orly" for dirigibles at Orly Air Base near Paris. They were designed and built in 1921–1922 by French structural and civil engineer Eugène Freyssinet, the major pioneer of prestressed concrete, and destroyed in World War II.
Another remarkable example of a similar concrete construction are the