Background
Gagel, Edward was born on October 25, 1858 in Mount Hope, New York, United States. Son of Christian J. and Anna M. (Aulinger) Gagel.
Gagel, Edward was born on October 25, 1858 in Mount Hope, New York, United States. Son of Christian J. and Anna M. (Aulinger) Gagel.
Educated Cooper Institute, New New York
Began with Dennis & Mairs, civil engineers, New York, 1876. Draftsman and engineer in charge construction, Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Railroad, 1877-1879. Draftsman and assistant engineer in charge construction, Metropolitan Elevated Railroad, New York City, 1879-1880.
Draftsman West Side & Yonkers Railway, January-March 1880.
Leveler, draftsman and on construction extension to Hudson River, of New York&North.E. Railroad, 1880-1882. Transit man on location Erie & Wyoming Valley Railroad, January-July 1882.
Contractor’s engineer on construction Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad, July-September 1882. Draftsman, New York City&Hassaram Rijhumal Railroad, September-December 1882.
With New York,New Hampshire (U.S.)&H. Railroad, 1882-1929, successively draftsman, engineer in charge construction, division engineer, principal assistant engineer, district engineer and chief engineer, 1905-1929.
Married Jennie Field Smith, October 14, 1885.