Albert Fink (October 27, 1827 – April 3, 1897) 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 construction. He devised the Fink truss and many truss bridges, especially the Fink-Type Truss Bridge.
AlbertFink (October 27, 1827 – April 3, 1897) was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States. He is best known for his railroad bridge...
although its current use in bridges is rare. The Fink Truss Bridge was patented by AlbertFink in 1854. AlbertFink designed his truss bridges for several American...
and the center section completed as described above. The Fink truss was designed by AlbertFink of Germany in 1854. This type of bridge was popular with...
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Virginia. It is significant both for its railroading architecture by AlbertFink and John Rudolph Niernsee and for its role in the Great Railroad Strike...
begins studying fermentation at the request of brewers. May 9 – AlbertFink patents the Fink truss in the United States. May 17 – Deck of Wheeling Suspension...
of Ellisella in 2000 and the referred specimens were re-examined by Albert & Fink (2007). In their examination they compared the holotype specimen with...
Sylvester Chesbrough (1878) William Milnor Roberts (1879) 1880–1899 AlbertFink (1880) James Bicheno Francis (1881) Ashbel Welch (1882) Charles Paine...
Charlie Fink (born 16 May 1986) is an English songwriter, producer and filmmaker best known for fronting Noah and the Whale and for his work as a composer...
a merchant, and afterward private secretary to Railway Commissioner AlbertFink. Subsequently he entered the journalistic field, and wrote for the New...
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Chanute collaborated with Albert Zahm to organize a highly successful International Conference on Aerial...
Virginia. The bridge was built in 1853 as one of the early works of AlbertFink, the engineer who popularized the use of iron structures as opposed to...
Sylvester Chesbrough (1878) William Milnor Roberts (1879) 1880–1899 AlbertFink (1880) James Bicheno Francis (1881) Ashbel Welch (1882) Charles Paine...
politician; authored the first Pacific Railroad Act (d. 1887). October 27 – AlbertFink, German-born American civil engineer and railroad manager (d. 1897)....
and sub diagonals (compression), or subdivided panels, was devised by AlbertFink in the late 1860s for the Pennsylvania Railroad's bridge across the Ohio...
Sylvester Chesbrough (1878) William Milnor Roberts (1879) 1880–1899 AlbertFink (1880) James Bicheno Francis (1881) Ashbel Welch (1882) Charles Paine...
Sylvester Chesbrough (1878) William Milnor Roberts (1879) 1880–1899 AlbertFink (1880) James Bicheno Francis (1881) Ashbel Welch (1882) Charles Paine...
Pennsylvania Railroad station with sheds using truss system patented by AlbertFink. 52 Milton S. Hershey Mansion May 4, 1983 (#78002388) Hershey Mansion...
president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945–1966 (d. 1967). April 3 – AlbertFink, German American civil engineer and railroad manager (b. 1827). May 20...
Sylvester Chesbrough (1878) William Milnor Roberts (1879) 1880–1899 AlbertFink (1880) James Bicheno Francis (1881) Ashbel Welch (1882) Charles Paine...
Sylvester Chesbrough (1878) William Milnor Roberts (1879) 1880–1899 AlbertFink (1880) James Bicheno Francis (1881) Ashbel Welch (1882) Charles Paine...
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