The Engineering Contributions of Wendel BollmanVogel, Robert M.
History
The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman
Vogel, Robert M.
Bollman, W. (Wendel), 1814-1884; Iron and steel bridges -- History
[Illustration: Figure 24.--HOT-WATER AND CHOCOLATE PITCHERS of the
10-piece, silver tea service presented to Bollman by his fellow
employees when he resigned from the Baltimore and Ohio in 1858. A
railroad motif was used throughout, each piece being circled at top and
bottom by a track, complete with rail of accurate section and ties.
Spouts are in simulation of hexagonal sheet-iron chimneys, with seams
riveted, and the handles are in the form of a surveyor's telescope. On
the various pieces are engraved the designs of the more important B. &
O. bridges. Throughout is a wonderful profusion of bits and objects of
railroadiana in low relief, high relief, and fully modeled. In Board of
Directors Room, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Baltimore, Md.
(_Photo courtesy of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad._)]
Known Bollman Works
(All B. & O. works listed were designed by Bollman and built by the
railroad, unless otherwise indicated.)
Dates of Location Type No. spans Remarks
service / length
of each
1850-? Savage, Md., Little Bollman 1/76' First Bollman truss
Patuxent River through erected; granite towers;
truss cost, $23,825. B. & O. RR.
1851-? Bladensburg, Md., Bollman 1/? Second Bollman truss
Anacostia River through erected; granite towers;
truss cost, $19,430. B. & O. RR.
1851-1862 Harpers Ferry, Va., Bollman 1/124' Winchester span; first
Potomac River through major Bollman truss; three
truss lines of truss; granite
towers; blown up by
Confederate Army on
September 24, 1862.
B. & O. RR.
1851-? Baltimore, Md., Trestle -- Wood trestle bents with
Carey Street wrought-iron diagonals.
First use of iron
structural members in
trestlework. Total length
76 feet. B. & O. RR.
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