Allen, Horatio

Born: 1802 AD
Died: 1889 AD, at 87 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Engineers

1802 - Horatio Allen was born in Schenectady, New York on May 10, 1802.

1823 - He graduated from Columbia and was appointed the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company as chief engineer.

1828 - He was sent to England to buy locomotives for the canal company's projected railway.

1829 - He assembled the first steam locomotive to run in America.

1829-1834 - He was the chief engineer of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company.

1838-1842 - He was principal assistant engineer of the croton aqueduct.

1872-1873 - He was the president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

1889 - He died on December 31, 1889.

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	The railroad era: First five years of its development by Horatio Allen (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970)
	Summary comparison of the stone dock with the sectional floating dock, when used in combination with a basin and arrangements to place ships on shore by Horatio Allen (Unknown Binding - Jul 9, 2008)
	An address ... at the christening of D.&H. locomotive "1400", the Horatio Allen, at Colonie, N.Y., December 4, 1924 by Leonor Fresnel Loree (Unknown Binding - Jul 9, 2008)
	Additional statement made on the subject of the sectional and balance floating docks, to the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives: Communicating ... of the superior stability of the former plan by Horatio Allen (Unknown Binding - Jul 9, 2008)
	The Stourbridge Lion;: A compilation of authorities proving the claim made for the Stourbridge Lion as having been the first locomotive to turn a wheel ... the first locomotive engineer in America, by Edward A Penniman (Unknown Binding - Jul 9, 2008)
	Statement made by Horatio Allen, esq., civil engineer, before the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives: Establishing the superior stability ... builders of New York, to the same effect by Horatio Allen (Unknown Binding - Jul 9, 2008)

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