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Union Gen. Herman Haupt paddling a pontoon boat of his own design used for inspecting bridges.
Union Gen. Herman Haupt paddling a pontoon boat of his own design used for inspecting bridges.

Herman Haupt

American engineer
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Herman Haupt (born March 26, 1817, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Dec. 14, 1905, Jersey City, N.J.) was an American civil engineer and inventor, known especially for his work on the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts. Haupt graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1835 but resigned his army commission to enter the rapidly expanding field of railroad engineering, in which he soon won a leading place. In 1855 he was called on to assist...

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