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Union Gen. Herman Haupt paddling a pontoon boat of his own design used for inspecting bridges.
Union Gen. Herman Haupt paddling a pontoon boat of his own design used for inspecting bridges.

Herman Haupt

American engineer
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March 26, 1817, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.
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Dec. 14, 1905, Jersey City, N.J. (aged 88)
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Herman Haupt (born March 26, 1817, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Dec. 14, 1905, Jersey City, N.J.) was an American civil engineer and inventor, known especially for his work on the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts. Haupt graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1835 but resigned his army commission to enter the rapidly expanding field of railroad engineering, in which he soon won a leading place. In 1855 he was called on to assist in the ambitious project of constructing a railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Range at North Adams, Mass. Despite many obstacles, both technical and financial, he ...(100 of 179 words)

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