Albert Sears Crane

Background

Crane, Albert Sears was born on May 30, 1868 in Addison, N. Y., United States. Son of Albert Gallatin and Julia Ayrault (Holden) Crane.

Education

Graduate Addison Union School, 1884.

Career

Assistant engineer, Newton, Massachusetts, 1891-1895. Assistant engineer department of sewers, Brooklyn, New York, 1895-1898. Chief assistant engineer Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Sault Ste.

Marie, Michigan, 1898-1900. Chief engineer The Lake Superior Power Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, 1900-1902.

Principal assistant engineer Chicago Drainage Canal, 1902-1905. Hydraulic engineer J. G. White & Company, New York, 1905-1913, vice-president, 1913-1928. Consultant hydraulic engineer since 1928.

Membership

Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Elctrical Engineering, Western Society Engineers, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Chi Psi. Clubs: Engineers, Cornell, Lawyers (New York). Has engaged in construction of 30 large earth dams, 60 masonry dams, 40 hydroelectric stations, 6 irrigation projects, etc.

Connections

Father:

Albert Gallatin Crane

Mother:

Julia Ayrault (Holden) Crane