13 Facts About Albert Fink

Albert Fink was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States.

Albert Fink is best known for his railroad bridge designs, which helped revolutionize the use of iron for American railroad bridge construction.

Albert Fink devised the Fink truss and many truss bridges, especially the Fink-Type Truss Bridge.

Albert Fink participated in the Revolution of 1848 in Frankfurt.

Albert Fink found work with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a draftsman, and became chief office assistant to Benjamin H Latrobe.

Albert Fink was during this time a consulting engineer of the Norfolk and Petersburg railway, which was at the time building the bridge at Norfolk, Virginia.

Albert Fink left the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1857 to become the assistant of George McLeod, chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

Many bridges were destroyed and roads severed during this period, and Albert Fink led the operating force to repair damages and guard against disasters.

Albert Fink devised a plan for the Southern Railway and Steamship Association, which would be adopted, and formed in Atlanta.

Albert Fink resigned as vice president and general manager in October 1875 of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to focus on the organization and management of the Southern Railway and Steamship Association and served as its general commissioner.

Albert Fink set out to travel to Germany in June 1877.

Albert Fink accepted the commissionership of these trunk lines, and managed the position with success.

Albert Fink retired from his post in 1889, and died in Ossining, New York, United States.