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The Bailey Bridge Plaque

Municipality/Province: Chilliwack, BC

Memorial number: 59006-056

Type: Plaque (on plinth)

Address: Garrison Blvd and Keith Wilson Road

Location: Garrison Crossing

GPS coordinates: Lat: 49.1042619   Long: -121.9659057

This plaque was installed as part of the Garrison Crossing Legacy Walk.


Inscription found on memorial

GARRISON CROSSING

The Bailey Bridge

The Bailey bridge trusses symbolized in the guardrails at this entrance are used to recall the military engineering history of Garrison Crossing. The Bailey bridge was used extensively during the Second World War (1939-1945) and was named after its inventor, British War Office civil engineer, Sir Donald Bailey. The bridge represents one of the most successful innovations in military engineering and it was also integral to the training of field engineers at Camp Chilliwack since 1942. The Bailey bridge is a portable, pre-fabricated truss bridge designed to span up to 50 meters (200 feet). During a bridge build, it could also be carried and assembled by a trained group of soldiers without the use of major heavy equipment. It enabled soldiers to move more quickly than before and its modular, stackable design allowed army engineers to custom-build a bridge to carry the weight of the troops, machinery and supplies advancing behind them.

Pont Bailey

Les poutres porteuses du pont Bailey symbolisées par la rampe de cette entrée illustrent l'histoire du génie militaire à Garrison Crossing. Utilisé très couramment durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale (1939-1945), le pont Bailey porte le nom de son inventeur, Sir Donald Bailey KT, OBE, ingénieur civil du Ministère de l'Armée britannique. Véritable modèle de génie militaire, le pont Bailey a aussi fait partie intégrante de l'entraînement des sapeurs du Camp Chilliwack, après 1942. Le pont Bailey est un pont à treillis métallique préfabriqué et léger, d'une portée maximale de 60 m (200pl). Les éléments sont assez légers pour être portés et assemblés par un groupe de soldats formés, sans équipement lourd. Permettant aux troupes de se déplacer plus rapidement, ce pont modulaire pouvait être modifié pour supporter des poids très lourds, incluant les troupes, les véhicules et approvisionnements.

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