. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. "igure j. I II ssi d bi vm British. Wendel's education, until about 111<- 11, was more or less conventionally gained in public and private schools in Baltimore. He then entered into informal apprenticeship, first to an apothecary in Sheperdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), and then to one in Harpers Ferry. In 1826 or 182~ he became ill and returned to Baltimore for cure. From that time on his education was entirel) self-acquired. It is of interest, in light of his later career, to note that on the Fourth of July 1828, he marched w
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. "igure j. I II ssi d bi vm British. Wendel's education, until about 111<- 11, was more or less conventionally gained in public and private schools in Baltimore. He then entered into informal apprenticeship, first to an apothecary in Sheperdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia), and then to one in Harpers Ferry. In 1826 or 182~ he became ill and returned to Baltimore for cure. From that time on his education was entirel) self-acquired. It is of interest, in light of his later career, to note that on the Fourth of July 1828, he marched with other hoys in a procession that was part of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad's cornerstone-laying cer- I'liintiy, Shortly afterward, he apprenticed himself to a carpenter for a brief time, but when the work slacked off he obtained work with the B. & ('. I he right-of-way had been graded for about five miles by that time, but no rail was down. The bo) was at first given manual work, but soon advanced tot â and ;IK rose as he gained facility with the sur- veying apparatus. In the fall of 1829 he participated in laying th As his mother was anxious thai he continue his education in carpentry, he left the railroad in the spi ing ol 1830 to igain enti i apprenticeship. He finished, became a journeyman, helped build a planter's mansion in Natchez, and returned to Baltimore in 1837 to commence his own carpentry business. The next year, while building a 1 se in Harpers Ferry, he was asked to rejoin the B. & O. to rebuild parts of its large timbei Over the Potomac there, which had fallen victim to various defects after about a year's use. Shortly after the Harpers Ferry bridge reconstruc- tion, Bollman was made foreman of bridges. It is apparent that, on the basis of his practical Figure 4.âSimple beam of 50-foot span with three independent trussing systems. Bollman's use of this method of support led to the development of his bridge truss. This drawing
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