Benjamin Henry Latrobe II
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe II was an American civil engineer best known for pioneering railway bridges, notably the Thomas Viaduct, and serving as chief engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. His i
Thomas Viaduct in 1970
Albert Fink
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Albert Fink was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States. He is best known for his railroad bridge designs, which helped revolutionize the use of iron for American railroad bridge
Benjamin Henry Latrobe II
…B&O between Cumberland and the Ohio River through (West) Virginia. Latrobe worked with his principal assistants, George Hoffman, J. C. C. Hoskins and Albert Fink. As the construction of the B&O network between Cumberland and Wheeling was wrapping up, Latrobe took on the chief engineer role in 1851 of the B&O-backed…
Appletons' Fink Albert
Modified Fink trussed Girder bridge