Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Albert Fink was a German civil engineer. He is best known for his railroad bridge designs, and devising the Fink truss. Born in Lauterbach, Hesse, Germany, he studied architecture and engineering at the Polytechnic school in Darmstadt, and graduated in 1848. In 1849 he emigrated to the United States. He soon found work with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a draftsman, and became chief office assistant to Benjamin H. Latrobe. In this position he oversaw the design and construction of buildings and bridges.