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Benjamin Wright (October 10, 1770 – August 24, 1842) was an American civil engineer who was chief engineer of the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.〔Kapsch, Robert J. (2000). "American Canals as a Source of Revitalization". ''The millennium link: the rehabilitation of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals''. London: Thomas Telford. pp. 48–51.〕 In 1969, the American Society of Civil Engineers declared him the "Father of American Civil Engineering". == Biography == Wright was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, to Ebenezer Wright and Grace Butler. In 1789, at age 19, he moved with his family to Fort Stanwix (now Rome, New York), where he became a land surveyor. In the next decennia he worked as land surveyor and engineer, especially on the construction of the Erie Canal and later on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In addition to his engineering work, Wright was also elected to the New York State Legislature (1794), and appointed a New York county judge. Wright returned to New York in about 1833. He continued to work primarily as a consultant on a number of canal projects, but also began doing surveys for railroads,〔 which were in the early stages of development at the time. Wright married Philomela Waterman on September 27, 1798; they had nine children (five of whom became civil engineers). Wright is buried in the New York Marble Cemetery in Manhattan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Benjamin Wright Gravesite )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Wright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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