The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . e profession of?civil engineering, he began his practical experience in surveying the routeof the Massachusetts Central Railroad in 1870, and a year later was engaged-as assistant engineer of the Worcester & Nashua Railroad, and was promotedto be chief engineer in 1873, holding that office three years, during whichtime the viaduct in Worcester was constructed under his supervision. Hethen became a member of the firm of Allen & Chase, and several engineer-ing works of importance were carried through previous to 1878, includi
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . e profession of?civil engineering, he began his practical experience in surveying the routeof the Massachusetts Central Railroad in 1870, and a year later was engaged-as assistant engineer of the Worcester & Nashua Railroad, and was promotedto be chief engineer in 1873, holding that office three years, during whichtime the viaduct in Worcester was constructed under his supervision. Hethen became a member of the firm of Allen & Chase, and several engineer-ing works of importance were carried through previous to 1878, includingSection A of the Boston Water Works, the Southbridge street bridge inWorcester, and nearly all of the stone masonry of the Worcester LunaticHospital. In 1878 Mr. Allen was elected city engineer of Worcester. Inthis capacity he supervised the construction of a large part of the seweragesystem and the additional (Holden) water supply, and planned and put in?operation the sewage disposal works at Quinsigamond after an exhaustive The Worcester of 1898. 541. :iirtiiBiii»fa investigation, which included atrip to Europe, of the most ad-vanced meansand methods. Theseworks form the largest and mostsuccessful chemical disposal plantin the world. In November, 1892,finding the pressure of privatebusiness increasing, he resignedthe olTice of city engineer, andsince that time has been engagedin extensive engineering enter-jirises in various parts of NewEngland. His testimony as anexpert is often sought in cases be-fore the courts. He was appoint-ed by Governor Greenhalgea mem-ber of the Metropolitan WaterBoard, but declined the service. Mr. Allen is a member of theAmerican Society of Civil Engi-neers, the of Boston Society of CivilEngineers, and of the WorcesterCounty Societies of Civil Engi- charles a. allen. neers; of the Worcester and Han-cock Clubs, and of certain Masonic orders. He is junior warden of Episcopal Church in Worcester. In politics he has always been aRepublican.
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