Ferdinand Joseph Arnodin was a French engineer and industrialist born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône who died in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in Loiret. Specialising in cableway transporters, he is regarded as the inventor of the transporter bridge, having been the first to patent the idea in 1887. However, the first such bridge was in fact designed by Alberto Palacio, with Arnodin's help.
Major works
• Bilbao
Puente Colgante, 1893, still in use •
Bizerta/Brest Transporter Bridge, 1898 •
Rouen Transporter Bridge, 1898 •
Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge, 1900, still in use •
Nantes Transporter Bridge, 1903 •
Marseille Transporter Bridge, 1905, destroyed 1944 •
Newport Transporter Bridge, 1906, still in use •
Bordeaux Transporter Bridge, never finished •
Sidi M'Cid Bridge,
Constantine, Algeria, 1908, 160 m span •
Pont du Bonhomme, 1904. ==References==