Harris, Robert Lewis, 1834-
Variant namesCivil engineer, of Portsmouth, N.H., employed by various railroads throughout the U.S.
From the description of Family papers, 1860-1880. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70922338
Robert Lewis Harris (1834-1896) was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and from the age of fifteen studied engineering with Ezra Lincoln in Boston. From 1852 to 1858 Harris worked on the Cleveland and St. Louis Air-Line Railway, the Delaware Railroad, Mississippi and Milwaukee Railroads, and the Interoceanic Railway in Honduras. Harris traveled west in 1860 and from 1860-1871 worked in San Francisco. During this time he was an engineer for the San Francisco and Oakland Railway, the California Pacific, and the Central Pacific, among others. From 1871-1872 he was superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Minnesota and worked on railroads in Canada from 1875-1876 and Texas in 1880-1882. From 1883-1891 Harris was a consulting engineer in New York City. He married Lucy Woodward Kimball in 1864 and died of apoplexy in New Hampshire in 1896.
From the description of Letters to Lucy W. Kimball, 1861-1863. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 709613274
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| creatorOf | Harris family. Letters, 1876-1911. | Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum | |
| creatorOf | Harris, Robert Lewis, b.1834. Letters to Lucy W. Kimball, 1861-1863. | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| creatorOf | Harris, Robert Lewis, b. 1834. Family papers, 1860-1880. | Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum |
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| associatedWith | Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. | person |
| associatedWith | Harris family. | family |
| associatedWith | Harris family. | family |
| correspondedWith | Harris, Lucy W. Kimball | person |
| associatedWith | Kimball, Lucy Woodward, | person |
| associatedWith | McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. | person |
| associatedWith | Wendell, George Blunt, 1831-1881. | person |
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Birth 1834
