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Nicholas Scull II was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.His Irish-born father, surveyor Nicholas Scull, began laying out the path for the Old York Road in 1697, and Nicholas II assisted on this as a teen. [2]
Thomas Holme (1624–1695) was the first surveyor general of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania. He laid out the first and original plan for the city of Philadelphia . Holme was a member of the Valiant Sixty , a group of early leaders and activists in the Religious Society of Friends, known as the Quakers .
John A Wilson (March 9, 1789 – February 27, 1833) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer in the 19th century. His son, W. Hasell Wilson (1811–1902), was a civil engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad .
Joseph S. Gitt (September 9, 1815 – January 22, 1901) was a self-taught civil engineer and politician from Pennsylvania.After an unsuccessful career as a newspaper publisher, Gitt went back into railroading, estimating that in his career, he had conducted 31 different railroad surveys for a total distance of over 300 miles in his career [1] Gitt either surveyed or engineered most of the ...
Archibald McClean (26 October 1736 – 30 April 1786) was an American surveyor. He was born to an Irish immigrant family in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania . His career began in 1760 when he entered the employ of Thomas Penn, William Penn, and Frederick, Lord Baltimore.
Hutchins was born in New Jersey. [1] " When only sixteen years of age he went to the western country, and obtained an appointment as an ensign in the British Army." [2] "He joined the militia during the French and Indian War [1] and later took a regular commission with British forces. "...he fought in the French and Indian War (1754–1763).
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Strickland Landis Kneass (July 29, 1821, in Philadelphia - January 14, 1884, in Philadelphia) was an American civil engineer, municipal surveyor, and railroad president. Kneass's father, William Kneass, was for many years engraver of the U.S. Mint. His older brother was civil engineer and architect Samuel Honeyman Kneass.