Legacies Rememebered
People who changed the world
  • Index of People Who Changed the World
  • Index of People Who Changed the World
  • Home
  • /
  • Uncategorized

Theodore Dehone Judah – 1826-1863

theodore-dehone-judahJudah was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was trained as an engineer. He built the Niagara Gorge Railroad and engineered eastern canals before he was hired in 1854 to survey a railroad near Sacramento, California. Believing it possible to extend the line across the Sierras, he promoted the idea to financiers, who formed the Central Pacific Railroad, with Judah as its chief engineer. When his financiers vacillated, Judah traveled to the East Coast to raise capital on his own, but succumbed en route to yellow fever. His early efforts were the beginning of the Central Pacific-Union Pacific, the transcontinental railroad finally completed in 1869.

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Natalie. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.
Chief Joseph – circa 1840–1904
Louis I. Kahn – 1901-1974

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *




    Categories

    • Anthropologists
    • Architects
    • Astronomers
    • Biologists
    • Botanists
    • Cartographers
    • Chemists
    • Geneticians
    • Geologists
    • Humanitarians
    • Inventors
    • Mathematicians
    • Oceanographer
    • Photographers
    • Physicians
    • Physicists
    • Programmers
    • Researchers
    • Scientists
    • Uncategorized
    • Writers

Recent Posts

  • Vladimir Zworykin – 1889-1982
  • Florenz Ziegfeld – 1869-1932
  • John Peter Zenger – 1697-1746
  • Frank Zappa – 1940-1993
  • Younger Brothers
  • Brigham Young – 1801-1877
  • George Wythe – 1726-1806
  • Richard Wright – 1980-1960
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright – 1871–1948 and 1867–1912
  • Frank Lloyd Wright – 1867-1959

Recent Comments

  • Harold Gehrmann on Francis Crick / James Watson

Categories

  • Anthropologists
  • Architects
  • Astronomers
  • Biologists
  • Botanists
  • Cartographers
  • Chemists
  • Geneticians
  • Geologists
  • Humanitarians
  • Inventors
  • Mathematicians
  • Oceanographer
  • Photographers
  • Physicians
  • Physicists
  • Programmers
  • Researchers
  • Scientists
  • Uncategorized
  • Writers
Powered by