François Gustave Théophile Seyrig (19 February 1843 – 5 July 1923) was a German-born Belgian engineer, best known for designing bridges.
Théophile Seyrig | |
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.jpg) Seyrig, circa 1890. | |
| Born | François Gustave Théophile Seyrig 19 February 1843 |
| Died | 5 July 1923 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | École Centrale Paris |
On 6 October 1868, he founded Eiffel and Company with Gustave Eiffel. Seyrig contributed to the Eiffel and Company project to build the Maria Pia Bridge in Porto, Portugal, which was finished in 1877. Seyrig presented a paper on the bridge to the Société des Ingénieurs Civils in 1878.
Later he worked for the Belgian firm Société Willebroeck in Brussels, and won the competition to build the Dom Luís I Bridge (also in Porto), beating the Eiffel proposal. He began construction in 1881 and the bridge was finished in 1886.
Works
edit- Maria Pia Bridge
- Dom Luís I Bridge
- Neuvial Viaduct
- Rouzat Viaduct
- Bridges of Porto
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Maria Pia Bridge (1877). -
Dom Luís I Bridge (1886).
Writings
edit- (in French) Seyrig, Théophile. Pont d. Luiz I. à Porto, Librairie centrales des chemins de fer, Paris, 1884
- (in French) Seyrig, Théophile. Éléments de statique graphique appliquée aux constructions, Baudry, Paris, 1886; pp. 392
References
edit- "Théophile Seyrig" (in French). Structurae. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- Manuel de Azeredo (1998). "Théophile Seyrig" (in Portuguese). FEUP. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- José Manuel Lopes Cordeiro (2009). "Ponte Maria Pia: Uma ponte de Eiffel ... e Seyrig" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Universidade do Minho. Retrieved 5 September 2012. (570 KB)
Bibliography
edit- (in Portuguese) Ponte Maria Pia, Ordem dos Engenheiros, Região Norte, ISBN 972956468X, 2005