About Emil Strub
Lived 1858 – 1909 (aged 51). Emil Strub was a Swiss engineer, civil engineer, designer, railway engineer, civil servant and mechanical engineer.
Emil Viktor Strub (July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland – December 15, 1909 in Zurich, Trimbach, Switzerland) was a Swiss builder, railway builder and inventor who invented the Strub rack system.
Life and career Emil Strub was born on July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland, to Urs Viktor and Aloisia von Arx. Between 1882 and 1883, he learned mechanic from Niklaus Riggenbach at Aarau. He did engineer studies in Mittweida and he made an internship at a machine factory in Esslingen am Neckar. In 1958 his son Rudolf Strub took the lead of the company, who then gave it to his own son, Marcel Strub.
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Who was Emil Strub?
Swiss railway pioneer (1858-1909)
When was Emil Strub born?
Emil Strub was born on 13 July 1858 in Trimbach.
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Emil Strub died on 15 December 1909 in Zurich.
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Emil Strub was an engineer, civil engineer, designer, railway engineer, civil servant and mechanical engineer.
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Emil Strub was Swiss.
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