Albert Fink

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I think Albert Fink is also an interesting character, just as important as Herman Haupt in railroad development. I'd appreciate any suggestions for books on Fink.

I haven't read this so I can't make any recommendation.

'A Biography of Albert Fink' by Ellen Fink Milton

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OVU0JC/?tag=civilwartalkc-20

HTH,
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https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=21

"Not all German immigrant entrepreneurs started companies or managed and expanded existing firms. Some demonstrated their creativity in other ways. Albert Fink (born October 27, 1827 in Lauterbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse; died: April 3, 1897 in Sing Sing (now Ossining), NY) was a builder of railroads and economic institutions. He used his considerable professional skills to expand railroads in the United States, to develop management tools for the efficient operation of individual railroads, and to create institutions for the efficient and, most significantly, profitable management of the railway system in the United States. His success in the latter endeavor, particularly in the creation of railway pools, may have been at least partially responsible for passage of the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887 and creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission..."

http://www.battleforthebridge.org/RRBridge.html

"The Louisville-Nashville Railroad Bridge, constructed in 1857-1859 as part of the Louisville-Nashville Railway System, spans the Green River and is still used by trains of the current CSX system in its reconstructed form. During the construction of the L&N railroad, the Green River presented a formidable obstacle that had to be surmounted. A well-known construction engineer from Germany, Albert Fink, was hired to design and supervise the construction of a massive structure over the Green River. He planned to support the tracks and all trains over this bridge by constructing an elaborate trusswork of his own design supported by four enormous and intricately detailed stone piers. John W. Key of Woodsonville and his two sons, Abner David Lewis Key and John Martin Key, all stonemasons, were hired to construct the piers..."

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