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In 1859 he won his most important competition, that for the Wallace Monument in Stirling, which was completed in 1869. This went Â£5000 over budget which resulted in the bankruptcy of the contractor and Rochead never receiving his fee.
Ben Sherman of the National Geodetic Survey says the latest survey of the monument's height was completed in 1999 and that the current work is part of an ongoing historical survey, which began in 1901. Located on the National Mall, the Washington Monument opened to the public in October 1888.