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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.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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