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Haupt, Herman

civil engineer, author, was born Marca 26, 1817, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is an engineer of distinction who has held many important posts, and is the inventor of a drilling engine. He had charge of the military railroads during the civil war. Since 1875 the chief engineer of the Tide Water Pipe Line company. He is the author of Hints on Bridge Building; General Theory of Bridge Construction; Plan for Improvement of the Ohio River; Military Bridges; and Street Railway Motors.

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