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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jervis , John Bloomfield 1795 -1885 (search)
Jervis, John Bloomfield 1795-1885
Engineer; born in Huntington, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1795; assisted in the construction of the Erie and the Delaware and Hudson canals.
He was connected with railroads from their first introduction, and made many improvements in locomotives; and was chief engineer of the Croton aqueduct in 1836.
He is the author of A description of the Croton Aqueduct; A report of the Hudson River Railroad; Railway property; Labor and capital, etc. He died in Rome, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1885.