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George Washington Goethals (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ θ əl z / GOH-thəlz June 29, 1858 – January 21, 1928) was a United States Army general and civil engineer, best known for his administration and supervision of the construction and the opening of the Panama Canal.
George Washington Goethals, U.S. Army officer and engineer who directed the building of the Panama Canal. Upon its completion in 1914, he was appointed the first governor of the Canal Zone in Panama. Learn more about his life and works with this article.
George Washington Goethals. President Roosevelt appointed Colonel George Washington Goethals the new Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal project on February 26, 1907. As a military...
May 21, 2018 · U.S. Army officer and engineer George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) succeeded in building the Panama Canal after many others had failed. On June 29, 1858, George W. Goethals was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a Dutch immigrant family. Intending to become a physician, he attended the City College of New York for 3 years.
Apr 30, 2019 · The most famous engineer coming from CCNY during its the early years was George Washington Goethals. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 29, 1858, the son of Flemish immigrants John and Marie Baron Goethals, he entered the College of the City of New York at age 14 to study civil engineering, and after three years won an appointment to the ...
Bridging the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by means of a canal through Panama cost the lives and careers of many men, including Count Ferninand de Lesseps of Suez Canal fame. The task was finally completed by a little known U.S. army Colonel named George Washington Goethals.
Goethals, George W. (1858–1928), U.S. Army engineer and builder of the Panama Canal.Born in Brooklyn on 29 June 1858, Goethals graduated second in his West Point class in 1880, and went on to achieve what William Tecumseh Sherman predicted would be a “brilliant future.”
