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- Brigadier General George Washington Goethals (/ ˈɡoʊθəlz / 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.
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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.
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May 21, 2018 · George Washington Goethals. 1858-1928. American Army Engineer. George Washington Goethals was a United States Army Engineer appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the chief engineer of the Panama Canal when John F. Stevens resigned in 1907. Goethals took a special interest in the employees working under him, which he was to be well known ...
Apr 30, 2019 · George Washington Goethals. 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 ...
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.
President Roosevelt appointed Colonel George Washington Goethals the new Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal project on February 26, 1907. As a military officer, Goethals was bound to the ...
George Washington Goethals was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. 29 June 1858, and graduated from the Military Academy in 1880. As a Lt. Col. in the Engineer Corps, he was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1907 chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and in that position bore virtually the sole responsibility for the successful completion of the Panama Canal project.
