Development of The Box Girder
The theoretical basis of the box girder was largely the work of the engineer Sir William Fairbairn, with the aid of the mathematician Eaton Hodgkinson, around 1830. They sought an optimal design for the most efficient design of beam in the new material of riveted wrought iron plates.
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