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Bailey Bridge

Bailey Bridge. CPT Brian J Henderson. Outline History Assembly Impact on WWII Versatility Future Questions. Problem. , Kt, OBE, D Eng, C Eng, MICE, MI Struct E, JP. Education- Leys School, Cambridge, and Sheffield University (Doctorate of Engineering)

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Bailey Bridge

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  1. Bailey Bridge CPT Brian J Henderson

  2. Outline History Assembly Impact on WWII Versatility Future Questions

  3. Problem

  4. , Kt, OBE, D Eng, C Eng, MICE, MI Struct E, JP • Education- Leys School, Cambridge, and Sheffield University (Doctorate of Engineering) • Career- Sheffield City Engineer Department, Experimental Bridging Establishment (1928), First Director of the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment • Awards- Knighted 1946

  5. Design Prefabricated parts Can be carried by trucks Built by manpower alone Using simple tools (ropes, pulleys, jacks, hammers) Can be moved, rebuilt, or replaced in several hours, even under enemy fire

  6. Solution

  7. How it works 1-Recon Site 2-Determine construction requirements

  8. 3-Build it

  9. Lay Ho Heave

  10. How a bridge won WWII Without the Bailey Bridge, we should not have won the war. It was the best thing in that line that we ever had.” British Filed Marshal Lord Bernard Law Montgomery “…one of the three pieces of equipment that most contributed to our vistory in Festung Europa.” President Dwight Eisenhower

  11. 150th Road to Victory

  12. Versatility of the Bailey

  13. What of the name Bailey now? Lived life in relative obscurity. Most Europeans Do not refer to the Bridges by the name bailey Only Luxemburg pays a partial tribute on July 10th annualy

  14. Questions

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