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Canvass White (
September 8,
1790 –
December 18,
1834) was an
engineer and
inventor. He was chief engineer at the
Delaware and Raritan Canal and he patented a type of
hydraulic cement.
Birth
He was born on September 8, 1790, in
Whitestown, New York. He received his education at the
Fairfield Academy.
Engineer
His first job as an engineer was on the
Erie Canal in 1816 working for chief engineer
Judge Benjamin Wright. In the autumn of 1817, he travelled to
England to study their canal system. When he returned he patented a type of
hydraulic cement. He continued his work on
New York until 1824. Then from 1924 until the summer of 1826, he was Chief Engineer on the
Union Canal (Pennsylvania). He was then appointed Chief Engineer of the
Delaware and Raritan Canal in 1825 and of the
Lehigh Canal in 1827. He was also a Consulting Engineer for the
Schuylkill Navigation Company and for the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. He became President of the Cohoes Company when it was incorporated on March 28, 1826.
Death
He died in 1834 and was buried in
Princeton Cemetery.
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