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	Ralph Modjeski: Bridge Builder Extraordinary
		Ralph Modjeski (Rudolf Modrzejewski) was born on January 27,1861 in Bochnia, in the Galicja area of Poland, during a time when Poland was divided among the partitioning powers of Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
		Modjeski later remarked that the American was actually a Pole, the Canadian was French, and the Englishman was Scotch.
		Ralph Modjeski Pattison (left) his wife Cynthia and children Alex and Dana, stand on the podium with the Ben Franklin impersonator, and Michael Blichasz (right) president of the Polish American Congress for the Philadelphia Area.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /exhib/modjeski/modj.html (2377 words)

	A Man Who Spanned Two Eras: SR, January 2004
		Obst also describes how Modjeski hesitated between taking music or engineering as a profession, and for all of the information on his gifted mother's theatrical success there is no satisfactory conclusion as to why he chose engineering in the end, save for a mention of a childhood interest in the Panama Canal.
		Modjeski's engineering school experience was accompanied by wotmessomg the construction of the Eiffel Tower and complemented by daily travels through Hausmann's city design.
		Modjeski conquered the challenges of building the Cecilo Bridge on unstable foundations through the yet-untamed Oregon wilderness, calculated seismic interference for the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, redesigned the Quebec Bridge, and broke world records in cantilever and suspension bridge spans, all within the perimeters of newly adopted safety standards.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~sarmatia/104/241fillmer.html (994 words)

	KayaArticle_Mod
		Ralph Modjeski's European education, in addition to languages and mathematics, included musical studies under Kazimierz Hofmann, son of the world renowned pianist, Joseph Hofmann.
		Ralph Modjeski was an extremely proficient pianist; in seven lessons he had learned four of Kohler's etudes by heart and almost the entire sixth sonata by Mozart.
		Modjeski was also chairman of the board of consulting engineers in charge of the design and construction of the great eight mile long BAY BRIDGE in San Francisco, which was finished in 1937.
	www.polishamericancenter.org /KayaArticle_Mod.htm (622 words)

	Modjeski
		Ralph Modjeski, considered "America's greatest bridge builder", was born in Bochnia, near the city of Krakow, Poland on January 27, 1861.
		Even though Modjeski seemed destined to become an accomplished concert pianist, he went on instead to become a highly successful civil engineer and "one of the twentieth century's most famous designers and builders of bridges".
		In 1929, Modjeski was awarded the John Fritz Gold Medal, the highest American engineering medal, with a citation for his genius in combining strength and beauty.
	www.polishamericancenter.org /Modjeski.htm (263 words)

	A Tribute to Ralph Modjeski
		Ralph Modjeski, George S. Webster and Laurence A. Ball were selected in 1920 for the board of engineers to prepare the plans and estimates for the bridge.
		Modjeski did not design the cables, piers, and anchorages without the collaboration of Cret, whose job was to mollify the effect of the tension of the gargantuan structure.
		Ralph Modjeski is remembered as a bridge builder, not as a pianist, but his training in music imbued in him the artistic temperament which was his sustenance and his success.
	www.polishamericancenter.org /Modjeski_Tribute.html (2766 words)

	videofact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ralph Modjeski, considered '' America's greatest bridge builder '', was born in Bochnia, near the city of Krakow, Poland on January 27, 1861.
		Even though Modjeski seemed destined to become an accomplished concert pianist, he went on instead to become a highly successful civil engineer and '' one of the twentieth century's most famous designers and builders of bridges''.
		The bridge engineering consulting firm established by Modjeski in 1893 continues to operate under the name of Modjeski and Masters, with in Pennsylvania and several other states.
	www.videofact.com /english/samples/E_2/E5.html (259 words)

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		Modjeski became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1887 and began his engineering career in Chicago.
		Modjeski was a member of the Quebec Bridge Commission, and was consulting engineer for the Ohio River Bridge at Metropolis, Illinois and the Thames River Bridge at New Haven, Connecticut.
		Modjeski developed a set of standard bridge designs for the Northern Pacific Railroad that was used for many years.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi2/rsolecki/ralph_modjeski.html (391 words)

	Ralph Modjeski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ralph Modjeski (born Rudolf Modrzejewski) (1861-1940) was a Polish-born American engineer who achieved prominence in the United States.
		He was born in Bochnia, Poland on January 27, 1861 to Gustav Sinnmayer Modrzejewski and actress Helena Opid Modrzejewska (best-known as "Helena Modjeska").
		Modjeski returned to America to begin his career, working on projects in several states.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ralph_Modjeski (278 words)

	Ralph Modjeski: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Modjeski and Masters designs bridges with the same enthusiasm and dedication exhibited by Ralph Modjeski, the firm's founder.
		Polish-American bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski of Chicago was hired to create a proposal and study the cost of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world.
		Modjeski in turn hired Phillippe Cret, a professor of design at the University of Pennsylvania.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Modjeski_Ralph_136928934.htm (254 words)

	Our Pledge
		Modjeski and Masters’ tradition as a leader in bridge engineering dates back to 1893.
		Few of the bridge pioneers had more imagination, skill, intuition, and outright courage than Ralph Modjeski.
		Ralph Modjeski was selected in 1908 to be the chairman of the Board of Engineers for the final reconstruction of the double track rail and highway Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River.
	www.modjeski.com /history.htm (232 words)

	ColumbiaMagazine.com 15130
		Helena’s son, Rudolph, adopted a more Americanized first name, becoming Ralph Modjeski (Modjeski, with a final "i," was the masculine version of the streamlined stage name his mother had chosen.) Ralph studied engineering in France, graduating at the top of his class in 1885.
		Modjeski died in 1940, but his bridges still fulfill their purpose after great spans of time.
		It has been quite a long span of time and distance since Helena Opid was born in Poland in 1840, but the candy bearing her stage name, the roles she played and the bridges built by her son remind us how interconnected the varied stories of our human endeavor can be.
	www.columbiamagazine.com /index.php?sid=15130 (1370 words)

	Mid-Hudson Bridge History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The task of constructing the span was given to the New York State Department of Public Works, and the design and construction of the bridge was awarded to the team of Modjeski and Moran.
		Ralph Modjeski, one of the most distinguished bridge designers in America in the early 20th Century, designed the span.
		Modjeski was familiar with the site, since in 1907 he had been charged with strengthening the nearby Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, which was one of the largest railroad bridges in America when it was built in 1888.
	www.nysba.state.ny.us /bridgepages/MHB/MHBpage/history/mhb_history.htm (604 words)

	DRPA
		The commission's vice chairman is Richard T. Collings, the former mayor of Collingswood, N.J. Collings became known as the "Father of the Delaware River Bridge." The other New Jersey commissioners are members of the state's Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission.
		In one of its first official acts, the commission names Ralph Modjeski as bridge engineer and Leon S. Moisseiff as design engineer.
		Modjeski proves to be a hands-on, energetic manager who regularly climbs around the construction site despite his advancing years.
	www.drpa.org /drpa/drpa_history.html (1765 words)

	The History of the Polish Cultural Association of Harrisburg
		Chet Comstock, partner in the engineering firm Modjeski and Masters, discussed the life of the firm's founder, Ralph Modjeski (1861-1940), who designed the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; the Rock Island bridge over the Mississippi River, and many others.
		Although Ralph Modjeski visited Harrisburg numerous times in his adult life as an engineer, it is not known if he accompanied his mother, Helena Modjeska (1840-1909), during her visit to Harrisburg in November 1905.
		Besides the speech on Ralph Modjeski, Jim Zoll presented a talk on Kosciuszko and Gene Urbanski discussed the history of the association.
	www.polamhar.org /history.htm (4802 words)

	Blue Water 2
		Ralph Modjeski's consulting engineering practice began in 1893 with an assignment to design the approach and swing span of a Mississippi River crossing at Rock Island, Illinois.
		This marked the beginning of what has become a Modjeski and Masters specialty as a leader in movable bridges.
		Modjeski and Masters offers state-of-the-art specialized engineering services to preserve and maintain the future safety and operating reliability of movable bridges.
	www.modjeski.com /services/movable.htm (148 words)

	TIME.com: Bridge Builder Modjeski -- Oct. 14, 1929 -- Page 1
		A great builder of bridges is Ralph Modjeski and honored last week with his sixth scientific medal.
		While she studied English, Ralph Modjeski played her Chopin's nocturnes on the piano.
		For theatrical reasons he was obliged to pretend being his mother's young brother, to him and her a distasteful hypocrisy.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,752152,00.html (625 words)

	2.9 Mears Memorial Bridge
		Instead, they hired the Chicago firm of Modjeski and Angier to design the bridge, and the American Bridge Company to fabricate and erect it.
		Ralph Modjeski was then perhaps the most famous bridge designer in the world, and American Bridge the world’s foremost bridge builders.
		The 700-foot long Pennsylvania through truss is said to have been the longest truss span in the United States when completed.
	www.esterrepublic.com /Archives/mreckard10.html (577 words)

	Poles Contibutions to America - Polish Toledo
		The greatest bridge builder America has ever known was the son of famous Polish actress Helena Modrzejewska (Madame Modjeska).
		Ralph Modjeski (Rudolf Modrzejewski) was born on January 27,1861 in Galicja (Austrian partitioned Poland).
		Here's a little know fact about Ralph's mom: she was such a great international star of the theater she often found herself invited to dinner parties thrown by the filthy rich.
	www.polishtoledo.com /q03.htm (2623 words)

	Portland, Oregon: Broadway Bridge (Photo, PortlandBridges.com)
		The Broadway bridge is a unique double-leaf bascule span construction, 1,736 feet long, and was designed by Ralph Modjeski [1].
		Modjeski was another world-famous bridge designer noted for, among other things, the Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River between Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ.
		Modjeski also worked on other Oregon bridge projects between 1905-1915 [2].
	www.portlandbridges.com /viewphotosall-D300CRW04663-26-cat-1-1.html (150 words)

	Joe McCloskey Profile
		The engineering firm of Modjeski, Masters, and Chase were chosen to study and design plans for the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.
		Ralph Modjeski designed a brilliant work of modern-day engineering, both functional and elegant, whose semi-circular central steel arch lent balance to the somewhat incongruous slope of the cartway.
		Comprised of several different types of structures, the bridge was made 3,659 feet long (5,162 feet including approaches) and 38 feet wide, and accommodated four lanes of traffic with side pedestrian walkways.
	members.aol.com /historictacony2/profile_bridge.html (2590 words)

	Projects-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A bridge replacement for one of the classic Conde McCullough coastal bridges, this prestressed concrete bridge was re-designed to be built with a novel 3 stage form traveler system, avoiding the risk of falsework in the changing sands of Alsea Bay.
		A beautiful, historic bridge setting in central Oregon has hosted two previous landmark bridges, one by Ralph Modjeski and the other by Conde McCullough.
		This bridge is the first high-rim cantilever construction of a concrete arch in the US, transferring a popular European construction scheme to the US.
	home.comcast.net /~david.goodyear/wsb/projects-1.htm (226 words)

	American Experience \| Golden Gate Bridge \| People & Events \| PBS
		Following his college graduation, Strauss worked as a draftsman for the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company, and the Lassig Bridge and Iron Works Company in Chicago.
		Seven years later, he was named principal assistant engineer in the firm of Ralph Modjeski, a Chicago engineer.
		Strauss was a prolific engineer, constructing some 400 drawbridges across the U.S. He dreamed of building "the biggest thing of its kind that a man could build." In 1919, San Francisco's city engineer, Michael O'Shaughnessy, approached Strauss about bridging the Golden Gate, the narrow, turbulent passage where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/goldengate/peopleevents/p_strauss.html (605 words)

	The Kosciuszko Foundation - Philadelphia Chapter
		Ralph Modjeski (Rudolf Modrzejewski, 1861-1940) pencil sketch by Stanislaw Rembski
		Ralph Modjeski (Rudolf Modrzejewski 1861-1940), son of actress Helena Modrzejewska, was one of America's great bridge builders.
		Later, he started the firm of Modjeski and Masters going on to build some of the great bridges in the United States.
	philadelphia.thekf.org /events_modjeski.asp (324 words)

	Delaware River Port Authority 1974 - Ben Franklin Bridge Vignette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		1920 -- In one of its first official acts, the commission names Ralph Modjeski as bridge engineer and Leon S. Moisseiff as design engineer.
		Together they face the task of designing and building the longest suspension bridge in the world at that time.
		To the bridge building fraternity, this becomes "Ralph Modjeski's Bridge." 1921 -- President Warren G. Harding signs legislation authorizing construction of the bridge.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,delaware-river-port,338726.html (933 words)

	The Haunted Huey P. Long Bridge Haunted New Orleans Tours
		The Huey P. Long Bridge was designed by Ralph Modjeski.
		And many have so said it is he that travels the country haunting many of the Bridges he built and designed.
		Many say they have seen Ralph Modjeski ghost.
	www.hauntedneworleanstours.com /hauntedbridges (1794 words)

	PolOrg - The Information Resource For Polonia Organizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		To advance the science of engineering; to continually strive to develop and expand the organization by attracting young engineers of Polish heritage; to propagate contributions of Polish American engineers to the betterment of the United States.
		Unveiling of Ralph Modjeski (father of Modern Bridge Building) memorial plaque at the Copernicus Center (Oct. 27, 1991)
		As mentioned in the previous correspondence Ralph Modjeski Scholarship was awarded on September 16 to Jakub Kwasnik, Philip Mokotyn, Norbert Wojtowicz and Maciej Mierzwa.
	www.polorg.com /Org/Display.asp?News=519 (267 words)

	IRAQ'S WAR AVENGES PURIM!!
		This regards an article which appeared in April edition of your renown Examiner, Messianic Jewish View Of Movie, written by Rabbi Barney Kasdan of Kehilat Ariel Messianic Synagogue of San Diego.
		By the way the Rabbi is ignoring Yeshua as the Son of God, or God himself, because Yeshua lived as a traditional Jew among the Rabbi’s people, he wrote.
		Truly – Ralph Modjeski, P.O.Box 193, San Diego, CA 92038.
	www.apfn.net /messageboard/10-06-04/discussion.cgi.2.html (1121 words)

	TIME.com: Canals, Bridges, Dams -- May 19, 1924 -- Page 1
		The six greatest engineering feats of modern times, picked by Ralph Modjeski, famed Polish civil engineer, and son of Helena Modjeska, the tragedienne (Popular Science Monthly, June), include two canals, two bridges, and two dams:
		Some of these achievements have since been surpassed in the progress of engineering, but the obstacles surmounted and the state of science in their day make them supreme.
		Some of the engineering feats of the near future, according to Modjeski:
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,768943,00.html (373 words)

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