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George Washington Whistler (May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849) was a prominent American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. [2] He is credited with introducing the steam whistle to American locomotives. [3]
George Washington Whistler (1800 -1849) foi um proeminente engenheiro civil norte-americano [ 1] na primeira metade do século XIX. Foi um construtor de locomotivas a vapor cuja empresa produziu as primeiras locomotivas a vapor nos Estados Unidos, conhecidas por terem sido equipadas com apitos.
George Washington Whistler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 19, 1800 and died in St Petersburg, Russia, Apr. 7, 1849. Within that time period, Whistler graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, surveyed boundaries, and designed several railroads and canals.
Born in 1800, George Washington Whistler was a West Point graduate. A soldier, draftsman, engineer and builder with a knack for constructing railroads, he is credited with bringing the steam...
Works: American Bridges, Blagoveshchenskiy (Annunciation) Bridge. Address: 34, Angliiskaya Naberezhnaya. Connected with: James Abbot McNeill Whistler. George Washington Whistler was an American engineer in Saint Petersburg. Biography of George Washington Whistler and other great Americans in St Petersburg, Russia.
George Washington Whistler (1800 -1849) foi um proeminente engenheiro civil norte-americano na primeira metade do século XIX. Foi um construtor de locomotivas a vapor cuja empresa produziu as primeiras locomotivas a vapor nos Estados Unidos, conhecidas por terem sido equipadas com apitos.
Há 5 dias · His father, George Washington Whistler, was a renowned engineer and moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia in 1843 having won a contract to build railways for the Russian Tzar, Nicholas I. However, George contracted cholera and died six years later, so the family returned to the US, with James stopping off in England on the way.
