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company, near San Antonio de la Huerta, Sonora, Mex. ; 1865,
tunnel on Mt. Diable coal…
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1856, he went West, and accepted a position as assistant engi-
neer on Des…
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t o St. Louis, Mo., remaining two years; returned to Bangor in
1860, remaining two…
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sistant engineer Brooklyn water works, Brooklyn, N. Y.; topo-
graphical engineer to the…
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Y.; made the plans, laid out the work, and superintended the
construction of the…
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tember, 1853. Entered upon the work of his profession in 1859.
Bergen tunnel, Brooklyn water works…
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wa. In 1858, surveyed a coal tract near Wallesville, Ohio, own-
ed by the late E. K.…
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1872 was chief engineer Iowa Falls & Sioux City railroad, and
built 174 miles of road. From 1870…
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he located and constructed; also, from April, 1870, to April,
1875, acted as chief…
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Pennsylvania railroad, lessee ; resident engineer West division,
Erie. 1868-70; resident engineer…
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the same subject.
Married, May, 1861, Louise A. Mosher,
daughter of Zebulon Mosher.…
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charge of topographical survey of the city of Havana and sur-
roundings. 1864-66 was city engineer…
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and the manufacture of heavy ordnance. H e was then appoint-
ed assistant engineer on…
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Potomac until the close of the rebellion. Worked on the
Covington and Cincinnati suspension bridge…
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regiment on Sherman’s march to the sea. H e was wounded a t
Bentonsville, and…
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tered the United States navy as third assistant engineer in
December, 1861 ; promoted to second…
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he was expert and consulting engineer on joint structures of
New York &…
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of Stamford, Conn., builders of scales, guages, testing machines
and dynamometers. H e invented,…
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and select schools of Brownville, and entered the Institute Sep-
tember, 1854. Took a…
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neers ; one year vice-president ; Engineer’s Society, Western
Pennsylvania ; first two years…
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GEORGE HENRY PIERCE, C. E., was born at Richmond, Rich-
mond county, Province of…
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gineers. H e made reports and plans for water works for
Lowell, Mass., 1866 ; Lawrence, Mass., 1872…
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Wilkes Barre, and was president of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers from…
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was resident engineer on the middle division, and in 1865 prin-
cipal engineer over the whole road,…
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gineering journals. Has two brothers civil engineers, graduates
of the Institute ; his…