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American civil engineer
Alfred Noble (August 7, 1844 – April 19, 1914) was an American
civil engineer who was best known for his work on canals, particularly the
Soo Locks between the
Great Lakes of
Huron and
Superior , and the
Panama Canal . Born in
Livonia, Michigan to farmers Charles Noble and Lovina Douw, Noble was locally educated. He served in the Union Army from 1862 to 1865, after which time he entered the University of Michigan as a sophomore.
[1] Noble graduated with his
University of Michigan class in June 1870, receiving his degree in civil engineering at age 26. After graduation, Noble went to work full-time on harbor surveys and improvements along the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
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He was chief engineer for the
Pennsylvania Railroad's New York City
East River projects, which built
tunnels carrying four lanes of track between
Manhattan and
Queens .
Amtrak , the
Long Island Railroad , and
New Jersey Transit continue to run trains through these tunnels well into their second century of use.
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He was president of the
American Society of Civil Engineers in 1903, and in 1929, the society established the
Alfred Noble Prize in his honor (not to be confused with the
Nobel Prize ).
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