Elnathan Sweet was an American civil engineer and politician from New York.
12 Facts About Elnathan Sweet
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Elnathan Sweet was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1884 to 1887.
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Elnathan Sweet is credited with constructing the first cantilever arch bridge.
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Elnathan Sweet was born on November 20,1837, in Cheshire, Massachusetts.
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Elnathan Sweet's family moved to Stephentown, New York, in 1842.
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Elnathan Sweet graduated with a degree in civil engineering from Union College in 1859, and began work as Deputy Surveyor under Ward B Burnet, Surveyor General of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.
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Elnathan Sweet soon returned to New York and was employed as Assistant Engineer in various railway companies.
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Elnathan Sweet was appointed Division Engineer of the Eastern Division of the New York State Canals in 1876.
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Elnathan Sweet resigned in 1880, and resumed his railway construction business with his former partner, James R Young.
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Elnathan Sweet was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1884 to 1887, elected on the Democratic ticket in 1883 and 1885.
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Elnathan Sweet was, for a time, president of the Canton Bridge Company.
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Elnathan Sweet died from heart disease at the Fort Orange Club in Albany, New York, on January 26,1903, at age 65.