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Canvass White (September 8, 1790 – December 18, 1834) was an American engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
 and inventor
Inventor

An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find....
. He was chief engineer at the Delaware and Raritan Canal
Delaware and Raritan Canal

The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River....
 and he patented a type of hydraulic cement
Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world, because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar , stucco and most non-specialty grout....
.

as born on September 8, 1790, in Whitestown, New York
Whitestown, New York

Whitestown is a town in Oneida County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 18,635 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Judge Hugh White, an early settler....
. He received his education at the Fairfield Academy.

first job as an engineer was on the Erie Canal
Erie Canal

The Erie Canal is a man-made waterway in New York state that runs about 365 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes....
 in 1816 working for chief engineer Judge Benjamin Wright. In the autumn of 1817, he travelled to England
England

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 to study their canal system.






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Canvass White (September 8, 1790 – December 18, 1834) was an American engineer
Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints....
 and inventor
Inventor

An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find....
. He was chief engineer at the Delaware and Raritan Canal
Delaware and Raritan Canal

The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River....
 and he patented a type of hydraulic cement
Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world, because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar , stucco and most non-specialty grout....
.

Birth

He was born on September 8, 1790, in Whitestown, New York
Whitestown, New York

Whitestown is a town in Oneida County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 18,635 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Judge Hugh White, an early settler....
. He received his education at the Fairfield Academy.

Engineer

His first job as an engineer was on the Erie Canal
Erie Canal

The Erie Canal is a man-made waterway in New York state that runs about 365 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes....
 in 1816 working for chief engineer Judge Benjamin Wright. In the autumn of 1817, he travelled to England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 to study their canal system. When he returned he patented a type of hydraulic cement
Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world, because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar , stucco and most non-specialty grout....
. He continued his work on New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 until 1824. Then from 1924 until the summer of 1826, he was Chief Engineer on the Union Canal (Pennsylvania)
Union Canal (Pennsylvania)

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, Pennsylvania with the Susquehanna River, it ran approximately 75 mi from Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna below Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to...
. He was then appointed Chief Engineer of the Delaware and Raritan Canal
Delaware and Raritan Canal

The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River....
 in 1825 and of the Lehigh Canal
Lehigh Canal

The Lehigh Canal was constructed to carry anthracite from the upper Lehigh Valley to the urban markets of the northeast, especially Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
 in 1827. He was also a Consulting Engineer for the Schuylkill Navigation Company and for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is a 14-mile long, 450-foot wide and 35-foot deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and Delaware, in the United States....
. 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
Princeton Cemetery

Princeton Cemetery is located in Borough of Princeton, New Jersey. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. John F. Hageman in his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey refers to the cemetery as: "The Westminster Abbey of the United States." ...
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