Benjamin Wright
Civil engineer, Author
1770 – 1842
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Who was Benjamin Wright?
Benjamin Hall Wright was an American civil engineer who served as Chief Engineer of the Erie Canal and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969, the American Society of Civil Engineers declared him the "Father of American Civil Engineering".
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1770
Wethersfield - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- Died
- Aug 24, 1842
- Resting place
- New York Marble Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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