2022 Bridgehunter Awards: Lifetime Achievement

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Julie Bowers and Nels Raynor: For over 20 years, this dynamic duo has restored dozens of historic bridge throughout the Midwest. Over half of them were historic bowstring truss bridges. Bowers had a consulting group Workin Bridges, while Raynor owned Bach Steel. Both located in Michigan.

Robert M. Vogel: Mr. Vogel was a curator of mechanical and civil engineering at Smithsonian Institution for almost 40 years and has a wide expertise in the history and of bridges and infrastructures. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-m-vogel-111b282a/

Allan King Sloan: For over a half century, the distant relative of Zenas King has kept a library of research on the historic bridges built by the King Bridge Cge Company as well well as from the younger generations of the King family. Website: https://www.kingbridgecompany.com/

Troy Larson: For almost 20 years, Mr. Larson documented and followed up on dozens of historic bridges in North Dakota for his website "Ghosts of North Dakota.". Link: https://ghostsofnorthdakota.com/?s=bridge

Arnold Graton: For over a half century, Mr. Graton has built dozens of covered bridges in New Hampshire and other New England states. LInk: https://www.arnoldmgraton.com/projectlist.htm

Victor Darnell and James Stewart: In 1984, Mr. Darnell created the first bridge building directory featuring bridges engineers and builders from 1870 to 1920. It was later expanded and deepened by James Stewart. It has been an excellent resource for researching on the history of bridge builders, etc. Link: https://historicbridges.org/info/darnell/index.php ded

Hans Umlauf (1930-2010)- For over five decades, Mr. Umlauf had built dozens of pedestrian bridges in northern Germany, many of which still exist in Schleswig-Holstein.

Vern Mesler: For over 40 years, Mr. Mesler has educated students on the importance of welding and has been a key contributor for restoring several historic truss bridges. Link: http://www.historicbridgerestoration.com/

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