Английская Википедия:Gilbert Peterson
Шаблон:Infobox person Gilbert Peterson (August 5, 1824 - November 14, 1890), was an American contractor from Lockport, New York. He was the founder and President of Peterson & Sons, which he ran with his two sons, Charles Gilbert Peterson and Jesse Peterson. The company executed contracts building the waterworks of Toledo, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; part of the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad[1] and worked on multiple reservoirs in the Washington, D.C., area.[2][3] Previously he was a partner at Hunt, Peterson & Kinsley, responsible for enlarging Erie Canal between Middleport, New York, and Gasport, New York, in 1855, and canal repairs in Albany, New York, Frankfort, New York, and Kilburn Hill, New York.[4] Peterson was superintendent of both the eastern and western divisions of the Erie Canal, and in 1867–1868 he was alderman of the 2nd Ward of Lockport, New York.[5]
He is the great grandfather of Charles Sterling Bunnell.
References
- ↑ "The Late Gilbert Peterson." Buffalo Morning Express 20 Nov. 1890.
- ↑ United States. United States Congressional Serial Set. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1885.
- ↑ "Obituary." The New York Times 16 Nov. 1890: 5.
- ↑ Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1912.
- ↑ Lockport (N.Y.). Revised Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lockport. Lockport, N.Y.: Press of Roberts Bros. Co, 1913.
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