Henry Ramsay (civil engineer)
Henry Ramsay | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1808 |
| Died | July 12, 1886(aged 78) |
| Education | The Albany Academy(1926) |
| Title | New York State Engineer and Surveyor |
| Term | 1853 |
| Spouse |
Isabelle Westervelt
(m.1831–1886) |
Henry Ramsay(May 18, 1808, inGuilderland,Albany County, New York– July 12, 1886, inSchenectady, New York) was an Americancivil engineerand for a short timeNew York State Engineer and Surveyorin 1853.
Life
[edit]He was born on May 18, 1808, the son of Frederick Ramsay and Belle (Quackenbush) Ramsay.[1][2]
He was educated at the Lancaster School in Albany, and graduated fromThe Albany Academyin 1826. Afterwards he taught school inAlbany, New York.Later he became adraftsman,cartographerandcivil engineer.[2]In 1831, he married Isabelle Westervelt, and they had nine children.[1]
In 1842, he was appointed Chief Engineer of theMohawk and Hudson Railroadbetween Albany andSchenectady, New York.He laid out the course of theNew York Central Railroadat Schenectady, to avoid the inclined plane at that terminus. Subsequently, he became Assistant Engineer on theErie Canalenlargement. In 1849, he moved to Schenectady, and was for several terms City Surveyor.[2]
On December 10, 1853, he was appointedNew York State Engineer and Surveyor,to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofWilliam J. McAlpine,afterWheeler H. Bristoldeclined to take office.
He died on July 12, 1886, inSchenectady, New York.[1][2]
Legacy
[edit]He endowed the Henry Ramsay Scholarship atThe Albany Academy.
Sources
[edit]- ^abc"Henry Ramsay"(PDF).New York Times.July 13, 1886.
Henry Ramsey one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Schenectady, died suddenly last night.... In 1831 he married Isabelle, daughter of Jacob Westerveld, Sheriff of New York County.
- ^abcd"Henry Ramsay".Biographies Of Engineers.Archived fromthe originalon July 24, 2008.Retrieved2012-10-13.
Ramsay, Henry, born 1808, at Guilderland, Albany Co., N.Y.; educated at the Lancaster School and at the Albany Academy; died in 1886...
- The New York Civil Listcompiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- 1808 births
- 1886 deaths
- New York State Engineers and Surveyors
- Politicians from Albany, New York
- 19th-century American railroad executives
- 19th-century American engineers
- Engineers from New York (state)
- Politicians from Schenectady, New York
- People from Guilderland, New York
- Businesspeople from Schenectady, New York
- The Albany Academy alumni