| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87912808 |
| Last name | Wright |
| First name | Benjamin |
| Display name | Benjamin Wright |
| Birth date | 1770 |
| Death date | 1842 |
| Birth place | connt |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | review, nystate |
| Bio notes | American civil engineer who was chief engineer of the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969 was declared "the Father of American Civil Engineering" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Trained by William Weston. In correspondance with Thomas Eddy and Robert Troup regarding Erie Canal (1815-6). |
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