Joseph Albert Britton | |
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Born | 1839 |
Died | 1929 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Bridge builder |
Joseph Albert Britton (1839–1929), [1] most commonly known as J.A. Britton, was a builder of bridges in Indiana. He created many works that survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]
According to a Historic American Engineering Record record, Britton was born in 1839 near Rockville, Indiana. [1] He learned carpentry from his father, but began his career as an attorney with a practice in Lawrence, Kansas. [4] In 1879 he returned to Parke County and switched his focus to carpentry and bridgebuilding. [4] After Britton's primary regional competitor J. J. Daniels retired in 1904, Britton was engaged to build most of the bridges in Parke County between 1904 and 1917. [4]
Throughout his 33-year bridgebuilding career Britton built approximately 40 bridges in three Indiana counties: Parke, Putnam, and Vermillion. [1]
Works (credit) include:
J. A. Britton's son, Eugene Britton, built the Bowsher Ford Covered Bridge, a single span Burr Arch truss covered bridge structure, in 1915. [5] [6] On February 18, 1909, Eugene Britton was elected a director of the newly formed National Reserve Bank of the City of New York. [7]
Joseph Albert Britton | |
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Born | 1839 |
Died | 1929 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Bridge builder |
Joseph Albert Britton (1839–1929), [1] most commonly known as J.A. Britton, was a builder of bridges in Indiana. He created many works that survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]
According to a Historic American Engineering Record record, Britton was born in 1839 near Rockville, Indiana. [1] He learned carpentry from his father, but began his career as an attorney with a practice in Lawrence, Kansas. [4] In 1879 he returned to Parke County and switched his focus to carpentry and bridgebuilding. [4] After Britton's primary regional competitor J. J. Daniels retired in 1904, Britton was engaged to build most of the bridges in Parke County between 1904 and 1917. [4]
Throughout his 33-year bridgebuilding career Britton built approximately 40 bridges in three Indiana counties: Parke, Putnam, and Vermillion. [1]
Works (credit) include:
J. A. Britton's son, Eugene Britton, built the Bowsher Ford Covered Bridge, a single span Burr Arch truss covered bridge structure, in 1915. [5] [6] On February 18, 1909, Eugene Britton was elected a director of the newly formed National Reserve Bank of the City of New York. [7]