. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . the Civil EngineeringDepartment in 1835. He studied in the Albany Law School, 1835-36; but not finding this pro-fession congenial, he entered upon the work of civil engineering. ,^— ^- In 1836, he was appointed as- sistant engineer on the New YorkCentral R. R., and on the completionof the road to Utica, in 1837, he work-ed for some time making surveys inCentral and Western New York formaps. He was assistant engineer onthe Wabash & Erie Canal, Young, 1837, to April, 1838,being engineer in charge of const
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . the Civil EngineeringDepartment in 1835. He studied in the Albany Law School, 1835-36; but not finding this pro-fession congenial, he entered upon the work of civil engineering. ,^— ^- In 1836, he was appointed as- sistant engineer on the New YorkCentral R. R., and on the completionof the road to Utica, in 1837, he work-ed for some time making surveys inCentral and Western New York formaps. He was assistant engineer onthe Wabash & Erie Canal, Young, 1837, to April, 1838,being engineer in charge of construc-tion of the Western division withheadquarters at Fort Defiance,April to December, 1838; assistantengineer from December, 1838, toApril, 1840, on the Hocking Canal andthe Muskingum River ImprovementCommission, in charge of constructionof the locks and dam at Marietta,Devals and Lowell, Ohio, the mostimportant and difficult work on thecanal; was engineer on improvementof the Marine Canal, with head-quarters at Mercer, Pa., 1840-43;Miami Canal, Dayton, Ohio, 1843-45;. Alonzo Flagg Estabrook. Muskingum Canal, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1845-46. He was engineer on theIndianapolis & Vincennes R. R., 1847-48; IndianapoHs & Beliefontainewith headquarters in Cra-^^ordsville, Ind., 1848-50; was surveyor, DelawareCounty, Ind., 1850-53; chief engineer, Evansville & CrawfordsviUe R. R., inIndiana, 1853-54; engaged in general sm-veying, 1854-70; was swamp land com-missioner for Sullivan County, Ind., 1855-59; was assistant engineer on the rail-road from Rockville to Indianapolis in Indiana, 1863-64; was chief engineer, in 1835-36] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 265 1870, on the construction of levees against the back waters of Buseros Creekand the Wabash River on Shaker Prairie in Sullivan and Knox Counties,Ind., thus reclaiming several thousand acres of the best farm land in the State;also made surveys and estimates for a large levee in the western part of Sulli-van County against the Wa
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