John Trautwine

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John Cresson Trautwine (March 30, 1810, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – September 14, 1883, Philadelphia) was an American engineer, architect, and author.

He was a consultant on numerous canal project in North and South America. His most remembered statement was that he reported in 1852 that a canal through Panama would be impossible.

Contents 1 Railways 2 Literatural works 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Railways

Between 1831 and 1836 he was an engineer on several railways and in 1836-42 was chief engineer of the Hiawassee Railway, connecting Georgia and Tennessee.[1]He executed surveys (1850) for the Panama Railway, for the Lackawanna and Lanesborough Railway (1856) in Susquehanna County, Pa., and for a railway route across Honduras (1857).

[edit] Literatural works

• Method of Calculating the Cubic Contents of Excavations and Embankments (1851)
• Field Practice for Laying out Circular Curves for Railroads (1851)
• Civil engineers pocket book, 1871 (1904 edition prepared by J. C. Trautwine III)

The "Pocketbook" was long known as the "engineer's bible" and under the editorship of John C. Trautwine 2nd and 3rd passed through many editions.[2]

[edit] References

• Find-A-Grave biography

[edit] See also

• Thomas Ustick Walter, (1804-1887)
• John Cresson Trautwine, Jr. (1850 - 1924)
• William Strickland, (1788 - 1854) (student)

[edit] External links

• http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21603
• http://www.earlyrepublic.net/BIOG-T.htm
• http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/20642/g/1/mcms.html (photo)