John Kennedy (engineer): Difference between revisions

'''John Kennedy''' (1838-1921) was a [[Canadian]] civil engineer. He was born at [[Spencerville, Ontario|Spencerville]], [[Ontario]], and was educated at [[McGill University]]. In [[1863]] he was appointed assistant city engineer of [[Montreal|Montreal]]. In [[1871]] he became division engineer, and later chief engineer of the [[Great Western System]] of Canada. In [[1875]]-[[1907]] he was chief engineer of the Montreal harbor commission. He deepened the ship canal between Montreal and [[Quebec City|Quebec]] from 20 to 27½ feet (6.1 to 8.4 m) and designed and carried out all the improvements in Montreal harbor during 32 years. He was a member of several royal commissions for engineering purposes connected connected with the [[Lachine Canal]], the causes of floods at Montreal, and the completion of the [[Trent Valley Canal]] system. ▼