Biography:Henry C. Goldmark

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Henry C. Goldmark
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Born(1857-06-15)June 15, 1857
New York City , New York
DiedJanuary 15, 1941(1941-01-15) (aged 83)
Nyack, New York
Education
  • New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
  • Harvard University
  • Royal Polytechnic University
OccupationEngineer
Spouse(s)
Mary Carter Tomkins (m. 1899)
Children2

Henry C. Goldmark (1857–1941) was an American engineer who designed and installed the Panama Canal locks.

Biography

Henry Goldmark was born in New York City on June 15, 1857.[1][2] He was an 1874 graduate of the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering.[3][4][5][6][7] He earned a bachelor's degree at Harvard, and graduated from the Royal Polytechnic University at Hanover, German Empire in 1880.[1][8]

He married Mary Carter Tomkins on June 8, 1899, and they had two children.[2]

He died in Nyack, New York on January 15, 1941, after being struck by an automobile the previous night.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Makers of the Panama Canal. F. E. jackson & Son. 1911. p. 34. https://books.google.com/books?id=1LR2wwZjfH0C&pg=PA34. Retrieved 2023-04-26. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harvard College Class of 1878 Secretary's Report No. VI. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. 1908. p. 32. https://books.google.com/books?id=3LEnAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32. Retrieved 2023-04-26. 
  3. "Panama Canal History - Design of the Locks". Pancanal.com. http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/history/locks.html. 
  4. Hodges, H. F. (1916). "General Design of the Locks, Dams and Regulating Works of the Panama Canal". Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915. p. 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=jsk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3. Retrieved 2023-04-26. 
  5. "Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer". 1917. https://books.google.com/books?id=aaIgAQAAMAAJ&q=Panama+Canal+lock+system+designer+henry&pg=PA82. Retrieved 2015-06-18. 
  6. "Manual on lock valves". Libraryweb.org. http://www.libraryweb.org/~digitized/books/Manual_on_lock_valves.pdf. Retrieved 2015-06-18. 
  7. "ePoly Briefs Home". Archive.poly.edu. http://archive.poly.edu/poly_ebriefs/archives/Feb03.htm. Retrieved 2015-06-18. 
  8. History of the Panama Canal. - Ira E. Bennett. 1915. p. 472. https://archive.org/details/historyofpanamac1915benn. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Panama Canal lock system designer henry." 
  9. "Noted Engineer Dies". Asheville Citizen. AP (Nyack, New York). 1941-01-15. 1941-01-16. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123606410/noted-engineer-dies/.