TRAUTWINE III J.C.

TRAUTWINE III J.C. 25.02. 1878 Philadelphia PA/USA 28.03. 1949 Ithaca NY/USA John Cresson Trautwine, III, was the son of John C. Trautwine, Jr. (1850-1924). His grandfather John C. Trautwine (1810-1883) was the originator of the successful Trautwine’s civil engineer’s pocket-book, which was one of the frequently used texts during the 19th and early 20th century. John III graduated in 1900 from Cornell University, Ithaca NY, as civil engineer, and became soon associated as one of the editors of the mentioned family pocket-book. He was made editorial director in 1909, and after his father’s death in 1924 took over the publication as both owner and editor, continuing in this position until his death. The book chapters were continuously revised and he planned extensive revisions of the text prior to his death. The 1930 version was the 21st edition of this book. Besides, Trautwine III was engaged over the years in a diversity of engineering works. He was an investigator of water power possibilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he was engineer with the Union Railroad Company at Port Perry PA, he was in charge of the water supply investigations for Philadelphia, and he was mine surveyor for the Glen Iron Furnace Company. From 1912 to 1915 he was a consultant at Philadelphia PA to study building vibrations and foundations from an engineering perspective, and he was in charge of the water power tests at Manayunk PA. In this period experimenting and inventing consumed a considerable time: He developed a monopod for dispensing with instrument tripods in mine surveying; and he experimented with a sounding balloon to carry sighting light into inaccessible portions of mines. For years, his home was at Philadelphia, and he held the membership of the Engineers’ Club of that city. He moved in 1935 to Ithaca NY, so that he was able to carry on his editorial work near Cornell University. He also held for almost two decades membership in the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, serving on its Science and Arts Committee. Trautwine III was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE from 1920. Anonymous (1949). John Cresson Trautwine, 3rd. Civil Engineering 19(7): 519. Anonymous (1952). John C. Trautwine, III. Trans. ASCE 117: 1324-1325. Trautwine, Jr., J.C., Trautwine, J.C., III (1919). The civil engineer’s reference book. Trautwine Company: Philadelphia. (P) Trautwine, Jr., J.C., Trautwine, J.C., III. (1909). Concrete. Wiley: New York. Trautwine III, J.C. (1949). Trautwine family papers 1834-1947. Cornell University: Ithaca NY.