Isham Randolph | |
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| Born | March 25, 1848 |
| Died | August 2, 1920 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Engineer |
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| Discipline | Civil engineering |
| Projects | Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal |
| Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal (1913) |
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Isham Randolph (March 25, 1848 in Clarke County, Virginia – August 5, 1920) was an American civil engineer who is best known as the chief engineer of the Sanitary District of Chicago during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Randolph had no formal engineering training, he began his career as a railroad axeman. After completing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, at the time the largest canal in the world, Randolph became a consulting engineer on the Panama Canal at the request of the Roosevelt Administration.[1]
- ^ Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 84. American Society of Civil Engineers. 1921. pp. 902–903.
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