Turner, Claude Allen Porter, 1869-1955

C.A.P. Turner was a consulting engineer in Minneapolis MN., first working for Gillette Herzog Co. and then the American Bridge Company before starting the C.A.P. Turner Company. He is known for his patent of the Turner Mushroom System of reinforced concrete construction, and was granted some thirty other patents for various forms of reinforcement. He is responsible for over 2,000 buildings, bridges and viaducts. Turner was born July 4, 1869 in Lincoln, RI and died January 10, 1955 in Columbus, OH.

From the description of C.A.P. Turner papers, 1912. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63314023

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