Walter Katte

Who is Walter Katte?

Colonel Walter Katte was a British-born American civil engineer. Katte led design and construction of Eads Bridge at St. Louis, Park Avenue Viaduct, and construction of the Weehawken Tunnel in New Jersey, was Chief Engineer of the New York Central Railroad company, founding member of Western Society of Engineers and one of early members and director of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Katte was also responsible for construction of railroad stations on Harlem Line: Melrose, Morrisania, Tremont and Fordham station. Katte was a Colonel of Engineers in the Union Army during the Civil War. The New York Times called Katte a "famous engineer".