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Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (died 1985)
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Donald Bailey (civil engineer)
British civil engineer
Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, OBE was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge. Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that "without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the war."Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bailey bridge
Type of portable truss bridge
A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and American military engineering units. A Bailey bridge has the advantages…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)