Calvin W. Hendrick

Calvin Wheeler Hendrick (June 21, 1865 – June 22, 1940) was an American engineer known for his work building the sewage systems of New York City and Baltimore.

Early life Calvin Wheeler Hendrick was born on June 21, 1865, in Paducah, Kentucky, to Elizabeth Winston and Calvin Stiles Hendrick. His father was a Presbyterian minister and died when Hendrick was an infant. Edmund Winston was one of his ancestors.

Hendrick worked as city sewerage and city consulting engineer for Baltimore. His combined salary was a year, the highest paid city official in Baltimore at that time. He then entered private business in Baltimore.

Selected works "Colossal Work in Baltimore", National Geographic, 1909 "Activated-Sludge Experiments at the Sewage Disposal Plant, Baltimore", The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, July 1916

Personal life

Hendrick married Sarah Rebecca Herring, daughter of William F. Herring, of New York in Macon on November 28, 1893. They had three sons, Calvin Jr., Herring de la Porte and John Vivian.

While in Macon, Hendrick was a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church.

Legacy

Hendrick's name is on a bronze tablet in the City Hall subway station in New York City commemorating his work.