Albert Fink (1827 to 1897) was a German-born civil engineer who built his career in the United States, where he became known for railroad bridge design. Born in Lauterbach, Hesse, he studied architecture and engineering at the polytechnic school in Darmstadt, took part in the Revolution of 1848 in Frankfurt and emigrated in 1849. Working first for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad under Benjamin H. Latrobe and later for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, he designed and supervised some of the first iron bridges in the nation and devised the Fink truss, first used on the bridge over the Monongahela River at Fairmont. He rose to chief engineer, general manager and vice president of the Louisville and Nashville, studied the cost of rail transportation, organized freight traffic as commissioner of the trunk lines, and was president of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1878.
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was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States
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Albert Fink (October 27, 1827, April 3, 1897) was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States.
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Albert Fink (October 27, 1827, April 3, 1897) was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States.
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He devised the Fink truss and many truss bridges, especially the Fink-Type Truss Bridge.
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He is best known for his railroad bridge designs, which helped revolutionize the use of iron for American railroad bridge construction.
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was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States
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was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States
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In 1878, he was made president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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He devised the Fink truss and many truss bridges, especially the Fink-Type Truss Bridge.
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