George Washington Whistler (May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849) was an American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. He is...
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Look up whistler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Whistler may refer to: Someone who whistles Whistler, British Columbia, a resort town Whistler railway...
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James Abbott Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on July 10, 1834, the first child of Anna McNeill Whistler and George Washington Whistler, and the...
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James McNeill Whistler. Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the second son of George Washington Whistler and Anna McNeill Whistler. His father was...
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(née McNeill) Whistler (September 27, 1804 – January 31, 1881) was the mother of American-born, British-based painter James McNeill Whistler, who made her...
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the M & O shops. Whistler was named for famous railroad construction engineer and West Point Military graduate George Washington Whistler, who was father...
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graduate. John Whistler Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, is named for John Whistler. Allan, Carlisle (1937). "George W. Whistler, Military Engineer"...
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Engineer in 1834, George Washington Whistler lived in the house with his wife, Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler. Their son James Whistler was born in 1834...
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architect Brentwood S. Tolan, architect Thomas J. Tolan, architect George Washington Whistler, railroad engineer Baseball Isabel Álvarez, All-American Girls...
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Upon Melnikov's recommendation, Tsar Nicholas I invited Whistler to help build the railway. Whistler left for Russia in June 1842, accompanied by imperial...
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and became Whistler's mistress. She called herself "Mrs Whistler", with Whistler usually referring to her in company as "Madame". Whistler showed no intention...
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managing of the first American railroads were Stephen Harriman Long, George Washington Whistler, and Herman Haupt.[citation needed] State governments granted...
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General Joseph N. G. Whistler (1822–1899) Louise Ann Whistler Helm (1828–1883) He was the brother of George Washington Whistler (1800–1849), a prominent...
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engineer Pavel Melnikov and his consultant George Washington Whistler, a prominent American railway engineer. Whistler recommended 5 ft (1,524 mm) on the basis...
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Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (category Paintings by James McNeill Whistler)
Virgin Mary. James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in the United States in 1834, the son of George Washington Whistler, a railway engineer. In 1843, his...
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stone bridges constructed in the 1840s under the direction of George Washington Whistler, and the c. 1862 railroad depot in the village of Chester Factory...
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with his parents George Washington Whistler, an engineer helping to build the Providence to Stonington Railroad, and Anna McNeill Whistler Stephen Vincent...
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in the first decades of the 19th century; they took various forms, but George Stephenson developed a successful locomotive on the Killingworth Wagonway...
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daughters by Whistler: Ione (born circa 1877) and Maud McNeill Whistler Franklin (born 1879). She sometimes referred to herself as 'Mrs. Whistler', and in...
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Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl (category Paintings by James McNeill Whistler)
Japonisme. James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in the United States in 1834, the son of George Washington Whistler, a railway engineer. In 1843, his...
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the same thing is "democratically meaningless" and does not give the dog-whistler a policy mandate. The term was first picked up in Australian politics in...
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railway engineer George Washington Whistler Jr., working on the New York and New Haven Railroad. A year later, James and his boss, Whistler, travelled north...
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engineers as: John B. Jervis Claudius Crozet William Gibbs McNeill George Washington Whistler Walter Gwynn J. Edgar Thompson Sylvester Welch, brother of future...
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it made its maiden trip to Boston, with Patrick Tracy Jackson, George Washington Whistler, and James Baldwin aboard. The solid granite roadbed proved to...
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Gibbs McNeill and his brother-in-law George Washington Whistler, the father of the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Chesbrough worked as a farmer between...
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costing over $1 million in 1840. The 1840 bridges were designed by George Washington Whistler, and constructed by the firm of Alexander Birney. Of the original...
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with Locks and Canals working under George Washington Whistler, the father of painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and his improved turbine, known as...
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George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African...
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Francis, inventor of the Francis Turbine, who took over when George Washington Whistler left to work on Russia's railway system. Noah R. Harlow served...
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May 27, 1835, it made its maiden trip to Boston, with Jackson, George Washington Whistler, and James Baldwin aboard. Although Jackson had hoped to retire...
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