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Leffert Lefferts Buck (February 5, 1837 – July 7, 1909)
[2] was an American
civil engineer and a pioneer in the use of steel arch bridge structures.
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Career
Leffert graduated from
St. Lawrence University in 1863.
[3] After his graduation from St. Lawrence, Buck enlisted and fought for the
Union Army in the
American Civil War under
General Slocum , participating in the battles at
Antietam ,
Chancellorsville ,
Gettysburg ,
Lookout Mountain ,
Missionary Ridge ,
Peachtree Creek ,
Resaca and
Ringgold Gap .
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Following the completion of the Civil War, Buck earned his civil engineering degree from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, in 1868.
[3] He was associated with Richard Buck, also a prominent bridge engineer.
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Some of his projects include:
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Williamsburg Bridge in 3D, in about 1905
Pont De Rennes
Buck served as president of the
American Society of Civil Engineers .
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Buck died on July 7, 1909, in Hastings, New York.
[3] His widow, Mira Gould Buck, died in
Eastview, New York , in 1946 at the age of 84.
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Legacy
A dormitory in the Quadrangle complex at Rensselaer is named after him.
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References
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b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . Vol. 10. New York: James T. White & Company. 1900. pp. 115–116.
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"Great Bridge Builder Dead" . The New York Sun . July 18, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2022 – via Chronicling America.
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"Leffert L. Buck, Bridgemaker, Dead; Well-Known Civil Engineer a Victim of Apoplexy at the Breakfast Table. Built Niagara Bridges; Also the Williamsburg Bridge Over the East River and Others Abroad -- Was Wounded in the War" .
The New York Times . Hastings, New York. July 18, 1909. Retrieved July 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Mr. Buck the Engineer; Will Look After the New East River Bridge" . The New York Times . August 3, 1895. p. 9. Retrieved July 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Richard Buck Dies; Noted for Bridges; Retired Engineer Helped Design the Williamsburg, Queensboro and Manhattan Spans" .
The New York Times . August 5, 1951. Retrieved November 28, 2017 .
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"Lindenthal Bridge Plans Discarded; Commissioner Best Deems Them to be Impracticable. Architect Hornbostel to Get $60,000 for Campanile Scheme, but Will Be Deprived of Opportunity to Get $100,000 for Carrying Them Out" .
The New York Times . February 14, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Engineer Buck's Salary Cut.; Made Consulting Engineer of Williamsburg Bridge" .
The New York Times . May 1, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Teichman, Alan (November 5, 1999).
"Leffert L. Buck Biography" . www.teichman-home.org . Archived from
the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2010 .
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"Mrs. Leffert Buck" .
The New York Times . January 8, 1946. Retrieved November 28, 2017 .
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"Quadrangle Complex" . Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . Retrieved September 12, 2009 .
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