For a time he was consulting engineer to the United States War Department in respect to the railroads of the Philippine Islands.
Col. Frederic Adrian Delano (1863–1953), uncle of future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, purchased the remaining land, which included the core of the manufacturing operation, for use as a public park.
Frédéric Chopin | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Adrian Ross | Adrian Rogers | Frederic Rzewski | Adrian | Frederic Remington | Frédéric Joliot-Curie | Adrian Boult | Adrian Belew | George Frederic Watts | Frédéric Artru | Adrian Noble | Pope Adrian VI | Adrian Grenier | Frederic William Maitland | Frederic Hymen Cowen | Delano | Adrian Peterson | Adrian Fenty | Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas | Adrian Willaert | Adrian Smith | Adrian Sherwood | Adrian Newey | Adrian, Michigan | Frederic Louis Norden | Frédéric Belaubre | Frédéric Beigbeder | Adrian Zmed |