About Thomas Curtis Clarke
Lived 1827 – 1901 (aged 73). Thomas Curtis Clarke was an American civil engineer.
Thomas Curtis Clarke (September 16, 1827 – June 15, 1901) was an American railway engineer, builder and author best known for a series of cast iron bridges in the United States. While living and working in Port Hope, Ontario, his firm won the contract to build the east and west blocks of the Canadian Houses of Parliament.
Life Clarke was born in Newton, Massachusetts on September 16, 1827 and as a boy he attended the Boston Latin School. He enrolled at Harvard University, graduating in 1848 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in engineering, working under Captain John Child.
In 1873, Clarke was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.
Thomas Curtis Clarke died in New York City on June 15, 1901, and is buried in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.
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American engineer (1827–1901)
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Thomas Curtis Clarke was born on 16 September 1827 in Newton.
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Thomas Curtis Clarke died on 15 June 1901 in New York City.
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