The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . and PriscillaMullens of Plymouth (Mass.) colonial fame, fromthe two Govs. Trumbull of Connecticut, and fromGen. Gold Silliman and Prof. Benjamin Silliman,Sr., of Yale college. He h
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . and PriscillaMullens of Plymouth (Mass.) colonial fame, fromthe two Govs. Trumbull of Connecticut, and fromGen. Gold Silliman and Prof. Benjamin Silliman,Sr., of Yale college. He has been, and is still, con-nected with very many engineering works of note,standing easily at the head of his profession. Hereceived a thorough scientific and collegiate educa-tion at Dartmouth college. His reputation for con-cise reports upon various engineering works in allparts of the country, in which his judgment hasbeen sought, is deservedly high, his opinions thusstated being remarkable for simplicity and clearnessof scientific statement. He handles abstruse sub-jects in a way that a child can understand, was theremark of the projector of a great work of irrigation,and he develops all the bearings in an exhaustivemanner. He has had charge of the water supplyof the city of New York, from time to time, duringthe past thirty years. His greatest achievement,and that which has given him his world-wide note. in his profession, has been the projecting and con-structing of the new Croton aqueduct, the source ofthe water supply for New York city, of which hewas engineer-in-chief from its inception to its virtualcompletion. The aqueduct is a vast rock-tunnel,running under ground for thirty miles. It dipsunder the Plarlem river, and emjjties the Crotonriver into the reservoirs within the city limits. Tak-ing into account the appurtenances pertaining to awork of such magnitude, it has been pronounced thegreatest engineering achievement of its character inthe world. Col. Church marr
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