Moore, William H.

Epithet: schoolmaster of Norton nr Malton

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William Harley Moore was born on September 12, 1860, in Limerick, Ireland. He was the son of William Harley Moore and Mary Elizabeth Ledger Moore. Mr. Moore, the son, studied at Queen’s College, winning honors in mathematics and philosophy. He then took his degree of Masters of Engineering at the Royal University, Dublin.

On completing his education, William H. Moore came to America in 1885 and was soon employed as a draftsman in the Bridge Engineering Department of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. In 1896 he entered the employment of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, working for that company until his death in 1920. He was appointed Bridge Engineer of the New Haven Railroad in 1889 and Engineer of Structures in 1913.

William H. Moore’s engineering specialties were four-track bridges, large draw-bridges, and some of the longest bridges built to date. William H. Moore died suddenly of heart failure on September 5, 1920, in New Haven, Connecticut.

From the guide to the William H. Moore papers, 1881-1921, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)