John T. Clark
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John T. Clark was an American civil engineer
and politician from New York
.
, Oneida County, New York
.
He was Resident Engineer and Superintendent of Transportation of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad when on August 9, 1831, the first regular railway passenger service in the United States
was begun and acted as conductor
of the first journey of the train which was drawn by the DeWitt Clinton
locomotive
.
He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor
from 1854 to 1855, elected on the Whig ticket.
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John T. Clark was an American civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and politician from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
He lived at UticaUtica, New York
Utica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....
, Oneida County, New York
Oneida County, New York
Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region....
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He was Resident Engineer and Superintendent of Transportation of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad when on August 9, 1831, the first regular railway passenger service in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
was begun and acted as conductor
Conductor (transportation)
A conductor is a member of a railway train's crew that is responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve the actual operation of the train. The title of conductor is most associated with railway operations in North America, but the role of conductor is common to railways...
of the first journey of the train which was drawn by the DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton (locomotive)
The DeWitt Clinton of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was the first steam locomotive to operate in the state of New York and the fourth built in the United States....
locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
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He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor
New York State Engineer and Surveyor
The New York State Engineer and Surveyor was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1848 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the Department of Public Works which was...
from 1854 to 1855, elected on the Whig ticket.
Sources
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark5.html Political Graveyard
- Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/brown/chpt37.html Letter written by Clark relating the maiden voyage of the DeWitt Clinton, at Rochester history
- http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B0DE0DE1431E033A25751C0A9639C94629ED7CF A replica made for the World's Fair, in NYT on May 2, 1893