 He designed and built the dam across the Bronx River at West Farms, and then, opening an office in New York City, supplemented his architectural and engineering practice by constructive iron work and steam heating for buildings.He was engaged for a long time in general engineering work building the dam across the Mohawk River at Cohoes, New York, testing steam pumping machinery at many points, and designing pumping engines for James P. Kirkwood for his reports on the water supply of Cincinnati, Ohio and of St. Louis, Missouri.He devised floating grain docks for Kirkwood at the Jersey City depot of the Erie Railroad.