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'''Sir John Kennedy''' (26 September 1838 – 25 October 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]]. 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 harbour 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
He was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1916.
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