Charles Stone | |
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Born | Charles Augustus Stone January 16, 1867 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | February 25, 1941 New York City, U.S. | (aged 74)
Resting place | Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York, U.S. |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1888)[1] |
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Years active | 1890–1941 |
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Spouse |
Mary Adams Leonard (died 1940) |
Children | 4[1] |
Charles Augustus Stone (1867-1941) was an early electrical engineer and graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He co-founded Stone & Webster with his friend Edwin S. Webster, and was chairman of the company for many years.[2]
Stone & Webster built their business from a base at Stoughton, Massachusetts into a multi-faceted engineering services company that provided engineering, construction, environmental, and plant operation and maintenance services. They became involved with power generation projects, starting with hydroelectric plants of the late 19th-century that led to building and operating electric streetcar systems in a number of cities across the United States. As well as industrial plants, they built the 50-storey General Electric building in New York City, the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, a landmark now listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as well as buildings for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stone & Webster was the prime contractor for the electromagnetic separation plant for the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.[3][4]