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Rowland Mason Ordish (11 April 1824 – 1886)〔Brief biographical details from Structurae http://en.structurae.de/persons/data/index.cfm?id=d000361. Accessed: 29 June 2012.〕 was an English engineer. He is most noted for his design of the Winter Garden, Dublin (1865),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archiseek.com/2010/1863-exhibition-palace-winter-garden-dublin/ )〕 for his detailed work on the single-span roof of London's St Pancras railway station, undertaken with William Henry Barlow (1868) and the Albert Bridge, a crossing of the River Thames in London, completed in 1873. Born in Melbourne, Derbyshire, Ordish was the son of a land agent and surveyor. He worked with Charles (later Sir Charles) Fox, who was responsible for the construction of Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London in 1851. He subsequently supervised its re-erection in Sydenham, south London. His other projects included: *Farringdon Street Bridge, London〔 *Holborn Viaduct, London (1863–9)〔 *Derby market hall (1866)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.derbycathedralquarter.co.uk/DerbyMarket )〕 *Franz Joseph I Suspension Bridge, over the Vltava, Prague (1868, bombed 1941, demolished in 1947) *Cavenagh Bridge, Singapore (1869)〔Cavenagh Bridge, http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0004258. Accessed: 29 June 2012〕 *Esplanade Mansions, Mumbai, India (1871)〔Esplanade Mansions (1871), http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0010390. Accessed: 29 June 2012〕 *dome of Royal Albert Hall, London (1871)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=109 )〕 ==Bridge design== In 1858 Ordish patented a bridge suspension system, which he later used in the design of bridges across several European rivers that include Neva at St Petersburg. The system, which consisting of a rigid girder suspended by inclined straight chains, was known as ''Ordish's straight-chain suspension system''.〔 The Ordish–Lefeuvre Principle is named after him and his partner William Henry Le Feuvre (1832? - ?) from Jersey (together the pair submitted plans for the department store De Gruchy's in St Helier, Jersey). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowland Mason Ordish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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