Brodie Henderson (engineer)
British civil engineer (1869–1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG, CB (6 March 1869 – 28 September 1936) was a British civil engineer.[1] Henderson was primarily a railway engineer who worked for many railroad corporations across South America, Australasia and Africa. He was the consultant for the Dona Ana Bridge which, when it was built in 1935, was the longest railway bridge in the world with a length of 2.24 miles (3.60 km). He volunteered for service with the Royal Engineers at the outbreak of World War I and was put in charge of railway lines used to tranposrt Allied troops and supplies. In this capacity he held the rank of a Brigadier-General of the British Army and his success in this role resulted in him being decorated by the British, French and Belgian governments.
Brodie Henderson | |
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Born | 6 March 1869 Ealing, Middlesex |
Died | 28 September 1936(1936-09-28) (aged 67) Braughing, Hertfordshire |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | civil engineer |
Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president) |
Practice name | Livesey, Son and Henderson |
Projects | Dona Ana Bridge, Transandine Railway |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Order of the Bath |
After the war Henderson worked with the Imperial War Graves Commission, as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1924 and as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was an important patron of John William Waterhouse, the pre-Raphaelite painter, and was the original owner of Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May.