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Fritz Marti - The Course Of A Busy Life
Fritz Marti - The Course Of A Busy Life
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Born January 1, 1894, Winterthur, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Public Elementary School Winterthur, 1900-1906
Municipal Gymnasium Bern, 1906-1913, graduated with maximal honors
Othmar Hermann Ammann, 1879-1965. His Way To Great Bridges, Urs C. Widmer, Heinz K. Meier
Othmar Hermann Ammann, 1879-1965. His Way To Great Bridges, Urs C. Widmer, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
In 1904, O. H. Ammann, aged 25, freshly graduated civil engineer of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, went to the United States encouraged by his former teacher in hydraulics, Professor Karl Emil Hilgard, who had himself worked as bridge engineer on the Northern Pacific Railway. More than anything else the young engineer wanted to widen his horizon and to gain some experience to follow-up his sound professional training, which he owed in part to Professor Wilhelm Ritter and to three years in the field in Switzerland and Germany. To his surprise he was immediately employed by Joseph …
Memories Of My Father, Margot Ammann Durrer
Memories Of My Father, Margot Ammann Durrer
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Father's childhood was spent in Feuerthalen, a small town in Canton Zurich, Switzerland. The beautiful city of Schaffhausen lies on the right bank of the Rhine and the town of Feuerthalen on the left, just above the magnificient Rhine Falls. The sharp turn of the Rhine makes a partial island of this district, so bridges form an important part of communication for the inhabitants.