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William Etheridge (circa 1709 – 3 October 1776) was an English civil engineer and architect, best known for his work on several wooden bridges of mathematical design. ==Biography== William Etheridge was born circa 1709 in a small village of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. His parents were Charles Etheridge and Elizabeth Brett.〔 He came from a long line of carpenters from Fressingfield and Stradbroke. From 1744 to 1749 he worked on the supporting wooden structures during the construction of the Westminster Bridge, first as a foreman and then as the master carpenter.〔Cross-Rudkin 2002b, p. 217〕 Around 1748, he designed Old Walton Bridge.〔 Sometime before 1750, he designed the Old Bridge at Coleraine, Northern Ireland. In 1752, George Semple consulted Etheridge on the rebuilding of Essex Bridge in Dublin. Etheridge died on the 3 October 1776 in Westminster.〔〔〔Cross-Rudkin 2002b, p. 218〕 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「William Etheridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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