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Anghel Saligny

Romanian engineer

Died when: 71 years 59 days (853 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Anghel Saligny

Anghel Saligny (Romanian pronunciation: ['a?gel sa'li?i]; 19 April 1854, ?erbane?ti, Moldavia – 17 June 1925, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Fete?ti-Cernavoda railway bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time.

He also designed the storage facilities in Constan?a seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in Europe.


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