Biography:Henry C. Goldmark
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| Born | June 15, 1857 New York City , New York |
| Died | January 15, 1941 (aged 83) Nyack, New York |
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| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Carter Tomkins (m. 1899) |
| Children | 2 |
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ "Panama Canal History - Design of the Locks". Pancanal.com. http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/history/locks.html.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Manual on lock valves". Libraryweb.org. http://www.libraryweb.org/~digitized/books/Manual_on_lock_valves.pdf. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ "ePoly Briefs Home". Archive.poly.edu. http://archive.poly.edu/poly_ebriefs/archives/Feb03.htm. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ "Noted Engineer Dies". Asheville Citizen. AP (Nyack, New York). 1941-01-15. 1941-01-16. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123606410/noted-engineer-dies/.
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