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William Milnor Roberts (February 12, 1810 – July 14, 1881) was an American civil engineer.Roberts was one of the most prolific and prominent civil engineers of his generation in the United States.
Brazilian engineer and academic, only woman in the first class of the civil engineering course at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos. George F. Sowers: Geotechnical engineer E. Sreedharan: Indian civil engineer, CMD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Chief of Konkan Railway Project Olaf Stang: Norwegian suspension bridge engineer ...
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Stephen Harriman Long (December 30, 1784 – September 4, 1864) was an American army civil engineer, explorer, and inventor. As an inventor, he is noted for his developments in the design of steam locomotives. He was also one of the most prolific explorers of the early 1800s, although his career as an explorer was relatively short-lived.
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (/ ˈ b æ z əl dʒ ɛ t /; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer.As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean ...
John Smeaton FRS (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. [1] He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". [2]
Harding, Henry, Civil engineer 1865-1870) (1837-1910), a Union Pacific Railroad engineer from Hartland, VT. Harding was one of the landowners shown on the map at a plot just west of Cheyenne. He entered into Norwich University in Vermont, in 1852, where he met Grenville Dodge.
James Newlands (28 July 1813 – 15 July 1871) was a Scottish civil engineer who worked in Liverpool as the first Borough Engineer appointed in the United Kingdom.He is credited with designing and implementing the first integrated sewerage system in the world in 1848.