Rowland Mason Ordish
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Rowland Mason Ordish (11 April 1824-1886) was an English engineer. He is most noted for his design of the Albert Bridge, a crossing of the River Thames in London, completed in 1873, and for his detailed work on the single-span roof of London's St Pancras railway station.
Born in Melbourne, Derbyshire, Ordish was the son of a land agent and surveyor. In 1858 he patented a system of bridge suspension which he used in the design of bridges across several European rivers such as the Neva at St Petersburg.
His other projects included:
- Derby market hall (1866)
- Franz-Joseph Bridge over the Vltava, Prague (1868 – demolished in 1947)
- Cavenagh Bridge, Singapore (1869)
- St Pancras Station roof (1869 – with William Henry Barlow)
- Esplanade Mansions, Mumbai, India (1871)
- dome of Royal Albert Hall, London (1871)
