| 词条 | Frank Koester |
| 释义 |
Frank Koester, born Franz Köster (28 August 1876, Sterkrade, Germany - 5 October 1927, New York City) was a German-American engineer and author. BiographyHe received ten years of theoretical training, with practical engineering and municipal experience in Germany, including four years of shop and field practice. After winning a gold medal for electrical engineering at the Exposition Universelle (1900), he came to the United States in 1902 and became a naturalized citizen in 1911. He was connected with the construction of the New York City subway system and other large engineering undertakings in the United States, South America, Alaska and the Philippines. Among his employers were the Guggenheim Exploration Company and the American Smelting and Refining Company A considerable part of his practice has been devoted to the design, construction and operation of power stations. Recognizing the great potential in city planning, he made a special study of modern methods in this field, taking city planning courses at Charlottenburg College in Germany. He was a delegate to the City Planning Congress at Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1912, and to the International Congress of City Planning and City Maintenance held at Ghent, Belgium, in 1913, where he made an address; "Cooperation of Engineer and Architect in City Planning". He also did contract work in civil engineering, street lighting and urban planning. Among his clients were the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Scranton. Works
Sources
6 : 1876 births|1927 deaths|American engineers|American urban planners|American male writers|German emigrants to the United States |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。