Jervis, John B. The Croton Aqueduct 1870s

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Jervis, John B. The Croton Aqueduct 1870s

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Newspaper clipping from the New York Evening Post (1870s, Nov. 12). Also includes autograph letter signed, from John Bloomfield Jervis, Rome, New York, to Octave Chanute (1878 May 4).

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Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885

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Engineer. From the description of Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067890 Civil Engineer. John Bloomfield Jervis was born in Huntington, New York, on December 14, 1795. He began his career in his father's lumber business at Rome, New York, and in 1817 he became an axeman on the local survey for the Erie Canal. Jervis became one of the most gifted engineers produced by the so-called "Erie Canal School." By 1823, he...

Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910

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Civil engineer and aviation pioneer. From the description of Octave Chanute papers, 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980023 A native of Paris, Chanute emigrated from France to the U.S. with his parents in 1838. He worked as an engineer, primarily in constructing railroads and railroad bridges, but is best remembered as a pioneer in aerial navigation and glider flight, and wrote two influential books on flight. From the description of P...