Thread by @visuals0und, Today I walked past the birthplace & home of one of Newcastle’s [...]

Today I walked past the birthplace & home of one of Newcastle’s greatest engineers - Ove Arup.

He was born in here on Jesmond Vale Terrace in 1895

More info via @oldheaton : https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2018/02/20/sir-ove-arup-engineer-and-philosopher/">https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2018/02/2...

On the way there I walked underneath one of his greatest works - the Metro bridge over the Ouseburn Valley in Byker.. – at Ouseburn Farm

– at Ouseburn

& some photos I took off his work in Sydney a few years ago...

Sydney Opera House in construction...

Via @OldHeaton

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& pictures I took a while ago of Arup’s Kingsgate Bridge in Durham.. – at Durham Cathedral

– at Durham Cathedral

Sir Ove Arup, 1895 - 1988 – at Durham Cathedral

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