Henry C. Goldmark

Henry C. Goldmark (1857–1941) was an American engineer who designed and installed the Panama Canal locks.

Henry C. Goldmark
Born(1857-06-15)June 15, 1857
New York, New York
DiedJanuary 15, 1941(1941-01-15) (aged 83)
Nyack, New York
Education
OccupationEngineer
Spouse
Mary Carter Tomkins
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(m. 1899)​
Children2

Biography

Henry Goldmark was born in New York City on June 15, 1857.[1][2] He was an 1874 graduate of the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering.[3][4][5][6][7] He earned a bachelor's degree at Harvard, and graduated from the Royal Polytechnic University at Hanover, German Empire in 1880.[1][8]

He married Mary Carter Tomkins on June 8, 1899, and they had two children.[2]

He died in Nyack, New York on January 15, 1941, after being struck by an automobile the previous night.[9]

References
  1. The Makers of the Panama Canal. F. E. jackson & Son. 1911. p. 34. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. Harvard College Class of 1878 Secretary's Report No. VI. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. 1908. p. 32. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. "Panama Canal History - Design of the Locks". Pancanal.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  4. Hodges, H. F. (1916). "General Design of the Locks, Dams and Regulating Works of the Panama Canal". Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915. p. 3. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
  5. "Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer". 1917. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  6. "Manual on lock valves" (PDF). Libraryweb.org. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  7. "ePoly Briefs Home". Archive.poly.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  8. History of the Panama Canal. - Ira E. Bennett. 1915. p. 472. Retrieved June 18, 2015 – via Internet Archive. Panama Canal lock system designer henry.
  9. "Noted Engineer Dies". Asheville Citizen. Nyack, New York (published January 16, 1941). AP. January 15, 1941. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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