1794
Canal Route Survey
His engineering ability brings increasing responsibility on the canal project.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at New York in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
His engineering ability brings increasing responsibility on the canal project.
Surveys a proposed canal linking the Hudson River and Lake Champlain.
Becomes chief engineer of New York while still in his twenties.
Takes responsibility for major civic and defence engineering work.
Introduces machinery for casting and boring artillery.
Completes the first nonstop flight from Paris to New York in 37 hours & 18 minutes
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