Knights, James H., 1906-1999.

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James H. Knights, born in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, spent over thirty years with the United States Bureau of Reclamation as a civil engineer. Knights graduated in 1929 from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and worked on several highway and bridge construction projects from 1929-1933. Knights worked for the Bureau of Reclamation from 1933 until 1964, where he was involved in the planning, design and construction of several Bureau projects in the western United States, including the Blue-South Platte River Project, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Shoshone Project in Wyoming. He was also employed in facilities planning for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northern Wyoming. Knights additionally served as an irrigation consultant in Peru in 1961 and Brazil in 1963. He died in 1999 in Englewood, Colorado at the age of 93.

From the guide to the James H. Knights papers, 1912-1965, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)

James H. Knights, born in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, spent over thirty years with the United States Bureau of Reclamation as a civil engineer. Knights graduated in 1929 from the University of Wyoming with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and worked on several highway and bridge construction projects from 1929-1933. Knights worked for the Bureau of Reclamation from 1933 until 1964, where he was involved in the planning, design and construction of several Bureau projects in the western United States, including the Blue-South Platte River Project, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and the Shoshone Project in Wyoming. He was also employed in facilities planning for the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northern Wyoming. Knights additionally served as an irrigation consultant in Peru in 1961 and Brazil in 1963. He died in 1999 in Englewood, Colorado, at the age of 93.

From the description of James H. Knights papers, 1912-1965. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 27671141

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Birth 1906

Death 1999

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