Bailey Bridge

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Bailey Bridge
CPT Brian J Henderson
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Outline History Assembly Impact on
WWII Versatility Future Questions
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Problem
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, 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

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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
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Solution
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How it works 1-Recon Site 2-Determine
construction requirements
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3-Build it
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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
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150th Road to Victory
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Versatility of the Bailey
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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
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