The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman

"The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman" by Robert M. Vogel is a book that tells the story of Wendel Bollman, a civil engineer whose inventions greatly changed American railroads in the 1800s. The story follows Bollman's life and important inventions, like the Bollman truss, which used iron in building bridges for trains. The book also talks about his start at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the problems he solved while using iron in bridge building, and big projects such as building the first all-iron Bollman truss in 1850, noting how his innovations improved railroad travel.