Wernwag, Lewis, 1769-1843

found: Philadelphia (Pa.). Councils. Watering Committee. Additional report on water power, 1819:t.p (Lewis Wernwag)

found: OCLC, June 18, 2010(hdg.: Wernwag, Lewis, 1769-1843; Wernwag, Lewis; Wernwag, Louis)

found: America's Historical Newspapers, June 18, 2010:Sun, Baltimore, Md., Aug. 18, 1843 (Mr. Lewis Wernwag; of Virginia; architect and bridge builder; d. near Harper's Ferry; buried with highest Masonic honors) Daily National Intelligencer, Washington, D.C., Aug. 24, 1843 (Mr. Lewis Wernwag; of Virginia; native of Germany; architect and bridge builder; d. near Harper's Ferry aged about 73 years)

found: Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:page 941 (Louis Wernwag, born in Württemberg, Germany, December 4, 1769. Builder of covered bridges in Kentucky. Immigrated to Philadelphia about 1787. Built his first bridge on a road between Philadelphia and Briston, Pennsylvania. His successful innovations in long-span design led him to purchase a wood-shaping factory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1824. Moved to Kentucky in the 1830s to improve the Maysville-Lexington Pike, for which he received several contracts for bridges as well as in the Bluegrass region. Built a house in Mays Lick, Mason County, Ky. in 1835. Most notably, he built a massive timber structure [known as the Camp Nelson Covered Bridge] across the Kentucky River south of Nicholasville spanning 241 feet, which he completed in 1838. Died at Harper's Ferry April 12, 1843.)