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American colonel and civil engineer
Hugh Lincoln Cooper (April 28, 1865
[1]–June 24, 1937
[2]) was an American
colonel and
civil engineer, known for construction supervision of a number of
hydroelectric power plants.
Biography
Born in Houston County in
Sheldon, Minnesota, Cooper was a self-educated civil engineer. He worked throughout the
United States,
Canada,
Brazil,
Egypt, and
Soviet Union. During
World War I he served as a supervising engineer in the
US Army Corps of Engineers.
[3]
Cooper died in
Stamford, Connecticut in 1937.
[2]
Supervised constructions
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Toronto Power Generating Station,
Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Canada (1906)
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Keokuk Dam,
Hamilton, Illinois and
Keokuk, Iowa (1910-1913)
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Wilson Dam,
Shoals Shore,
Alabama (1918-1924)
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Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant,
Mazeppa, Minnesota (1919)
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Dniprohes,
Soviet Union (now
Zaporizhzhia,
Ukraine) (1927-1932) — upon completion of the project, Hugh Cooper was awarded
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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