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    Horatio Allen (May 10, 1802 – December 31, 1889) was an American civil engineer and inventor, and President of Erie Railroad in the year 1843–1844. Born...
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  • photographer Horatio Allen (1802–1889), American civil engineer and inventor Horatio Potter (1802–1887), Episcopal bishop in the Diocese of New York Horatio Greenough...
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    Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ˈkɪtʃɪnər/; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
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    Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal...
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    In 1828, a former coworker of Jervis, Horatio Allen, went on a railroad research tour of England. Through Allen, Jervis sent specifications for locomotives...
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    (1959), all for young readers. He received the 1961 Horatio Alger Award. He released an album called Allen Ludden Sings His Favorite Songs on RCA Records in...
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    Horatio Alger Jr. (/ˈældʒər/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American author who wrote young adult novels about impoverished boys and their...
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    Railroad by the West Point Foundry of New York and built to plans from Horatio Allen. The locomotive was built in 1830 and shipped to Charleston, South Carolina...
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    entrusted an assistant, Horatio Allen, who was already planning to visit England, to purchase rail and a locomotive. In the end, Allen bought four locomotives...
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  • in West Yorkshire, England, obtains its Act of Parliament. October – Horatio Allen succeeds William Maxwell as president of the Erie Railroad. October...
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    Stephen Alexander (1806–1883), astronomer, mathematician, and educator Horatio Allen (1802–1889), railroad engineer and inventor Ralph Alpher (1921–2007)...
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  • George Washington, Potomac Canal Canvass White, Erie Canal Sylvanus Thayer, West Point Horatio Allen List of civil engineers Lists of canals v t e v t e...
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    States, early records of headlight usage date back to 1832: that year, Horatio Allen devised the first known locomotive headlight - though his "headlight"...
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    4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) 1825 George Stephenson 5 ft (1,524 mm) 1827 Horatio Allen for the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm)...
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  • 1950s Renato de Albuquerque Brazilian founder of Albuquerque & Takaoka Horatio Allen American railway engineer Braden Allenby American civil engineering...
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    1903, the East Hill Cliff Railway, a funicular, was opened. In 1827, Horatio Allen, the chief engineer of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company...
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    Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the...
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    William Jarvis McAlpine (1868–1869) Alfred Wingate Craven (1870–1871) Horatio Allen (1872–1873) Julius Walker Adams (1874–1875) George Sears Greene (1876–1877)...
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    board of engineers had been selected to work on the bridge, including Horatio Allen, George B. McClellan, Edward W. Serrell, and Quincy Adams Gillmore....
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    William Jarvis McAlpine (1868–1869) Alfred Wingate Craven (1870–1871) Horatio Allen (1872–1873) Julius Walker Adams (1874–1875) George Sears Greene (1876–1877)...
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    glass. Construction was handled by engineer Christian Edward Detmold. Horatio Allen was the consulting engineer, and Edmund Cobb Hurry (1807-1875) was the...
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  • King (1835–1839) James Bowen (1841–1842) William Maxwell (1842–1843) Horatio Allen (1843–1844) Benjamin Loder (1845–1853) Homer Ramsdell (1853–1857) Charles...
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    firm of Ward Stillman & Co. then Stillman, Allen & Co. from 1842 until 1855 with the recruitment of Horatio Allen. In 1855 it was incorporated under its common...
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  • passengers protection from the weather. October – Eleazer Lord succeeds Horatio Allen for a third term as president of the Erie Railroad. Egide Walschaerts...
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    2×2/2 The first four-wheeled double-bogie locomotives were built by Horatio Allen in 1832. These were four double-boilered locomotives built by the West...
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    particular note, the original steam and exhaust valves designed by Horatio Allen, failed and were replaced by more conventional technology. The original...
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    The Horatio and Laura Allen Farm is a historic farm property located in Duvall, Washington. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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    Journal of a Crime (1934) as Chautard Many Happy Returns (1934) as Horatio Allen The Cat's-Paw (1934) as Jake Mayo Elmer and Elsie (1934) as John Kincaid...
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    starting in 1978 and finishing in 2000. Amtrak's Adirondack and Ethan Allen Express trains also operate over former D&H trackage. The Lyon Mountain...
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    William Jarvis McAlpine (1868–1869) Alfred Wingate Craven (1870–1871) Horatio Allen (1872–1873) Julius Walker Adams (1874–1875) George Sears Greene (1876–1877)...
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