Background
Kay, Edgar Boyd was born on January 15, 1860 in Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Isaac Franklin and Catharine (Bell) Kay.
Kay, Edgar Boyd was born on January 15, 1860 in Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Doctor Isaac Franklin and Catharine (Bell) Kay.
Academic education, Bellwood and Birmingham, Pennsylvania, 1872-1877. Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1883.
Instructor civil engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1883-1885, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1896-1897, Cornell Univercity, 1897-1903. Professor engineering, 1903-1907, civil engineering and dean College Engineering, 1907-1912, University of Alabama Consulting engineer Alabama Railroad Commission, 1903-1915. Chief engineer State Convict Bureau Alabama and for several steam and hydroelectric power companies, and cities.
Has designed and built many water works, sewer and lighting systems, steam and electric rys.
President Mount Union (Pennsylvania) Water Company, Dillsburg (Pennsylvania) Water Company. Consulting engineer City of Mobile, water works department, 1912.
Chief engineer City of Winchester water works and hydro-electric plant. Inventor of the United States Government incinerators.
Also municipal incinerator plants for Niagara Falls, Wellsville, Tonawanda, Valley Stream, New New York
Highlands, Long Branch, Hackensack, New Jersey. Munhall, McKees Rocks, Homestead, Woodland, Easton, Wilson, Pennsylvania. Steubenville, Martins Ferry, Mingo Junction, Ohio.
Louisiana Grange, Illinois.
Portsmouth, Virginia Chief of hydraulic and sanitary division, Office Quartermaster General United States of America, 1918-1927. Consulting engineer
Member Board of Trade and Chamber Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia.
Married Florence Edna Means, September 26, 1900.