J.E. Willoughby
American engineer
About J.E. Willoughby
Lived 1871 – 1944 (aged 72). J.E. Willoughby was a chief engineer.
Julius Edgar Willoughby (October 13, 1871 – March 11, 1944) was a chief engineer with various railroad companies in the U.S., as well as one in Haiti.
Willoughby was born in Arkadelphia, Alabama, on October 12, 1871. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1892 and went to work for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
In 1920 he was involved in plans to deepen the canal at Port Tampa.
He was consulted regarding plans for an Atlantic - Gulf of Mexico shipping canal across Florida. He died in Sarasota, Florida.
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Who was J.E. Willoughby?
American engineer
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J.E. Willoughby was born on 13 October 1871.
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J.E. Willoughby died on 11 March 1944.
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J.E. Willoughby was a chief engineer.
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