Herman Haupt
Union United States Army general (1817-1905) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88
Herman Haupt was an American civil engineer, railway engineer, and railroad executive. He worked for several railroad companies including as general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1849 to 1851 and superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad in 1854.
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Herman Haupt at age 34![The locomotive "General Haupt" being used for work detail while its namesake, Herman Haupt, stands on the hill to the right inspecting railway work near Bull Run in 1863[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/HermanHauptnearBullRun1863.jpg/1280px-HermanHauptnearBullRun1863.jpg)
The locomotive "General Haupt" being used for work detail while its namesake, Herman Haupt, stands on the hill to the right inspecting railway work near Bull Run in 1863[15]
The Potomac Creek Bridge was restored by Haupt in under two weeks after damage by Confederate forces
Haupt on a raft made of pontoons and wooden planks
Haupt in 1904About this person
He was a professor of mathematics and engineering at Pennsylvania College and patented the Haupt Truss used in bridge construction. He worked with John Edgar Thomson on the Horseshoe Curve and Gallitzin Tunnels in the Allegheny Mountains and as chief engineer during construction of the Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts.
