What is Canvass White?

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Canvass White (September 8, 1790 – December 18, 1834) was an engineer and inventor. He was chief engineer at the Delaware and Raritan Canal and he patented a type of hydraulic cement.

Birth

He was born on September 8, 1790, in Whitestown, New York. He received his education at the Fairfield Academy.

Engineer

His first job as an engineer was on the Erie Canal in 1816 working for chief engineer Judge Benjamin Wright. In the autumn of 1817, he travelled to England to study their canal system. When he returned he patented a type of hydraulic cement. He continued his work on New York until 1824. Then from 1924 until the summer of 1826, he was Chief Engineer on the Union Canal (Pennsylvania). He was then appointed Chief Engineer of the Delaware and Raritan Canal in 1825 and of the Lehigh Canal in 1827. He was also a Consulting Engineer for the Schuylkill Navigation Company and for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. He became President of the Cohoes Company when it was incorporated on March 28, 1826.

Death

He died in 1834 and was buried in Princeton Cemetery.

References

  • Whitford's History of New York Canals, (1906), Vol II, page 1170
  • Albert C. Jensen; Engineering Clinton's Ditch; Civil Engineering, volume 33, September 1963, pages 48-50
  • William Pierrepont White; Canvass White's Services Buffalo Historical Society (1909) volume 13, page 352-366
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engineer is someone who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.[1] Engineers use technology, mathematics, and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
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Location: New Jersey  United States

Added to NRHP: 1973

NRHP Reference#: 73001105

The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal
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Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general usage in many parts of the world, as it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and most non-specialty grout.
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Whitestown, New York

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Country United States
State New York
County Oneida
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 - Town  27.2 sq mi (70.
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The Erie Canal (currently part of the New York State Canal System) is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
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Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
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State of New York

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Nickname(s): The Empire State
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The Union Canal was a towpath canal that existed in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States during the 19th century. First proposed in 1690 to connect Philadelphia with the Susquehanna River, it ran approximately 75 mi (120 km) from Middletown on the Susquehanna
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Location: New Jersey  United States

Added to NRHP: 1973

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The Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal
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Location: Easton, Pennsylvania

Built/Founded: 1827-1829

Added to NRHP: 1978-10-02

The Lehigh Canal was constructed to carry anthracite coal from the upper Lehigh Valley to the urban markets of the northeast, especially Philadelphia,
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Schuylkill Canal opened in 1825 as part of the Schuylkill Navigation Company's series of canals and locks along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Schuylkill Navigation Company was a company chartered in 1815 to build a number of navigation improvements in
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The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) is a 14-mile (23-km) long, 450-foot (137-m) wide and 35-foot (11-m) deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and Delaware, in the United States.
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Princeton Cemetery

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Year established: 1757 []
Country: USA
Location: Borough of Princeton, New Jersey

Owned by: Nassau Presbyterian Church

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