Benjamin Wright was an American civil engineer who was chief engineer of the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969, the American Society of Civil Engineers declared him the "Father of American Civil Engineering".

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Occupation: civil engineer, engineer, surveyor, judge
Citizenship: United States
Born: October 10, 1770, 1770
Died: August 24, 1842, 1842

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Benjamin Wright

American civil engineer

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