Background
Duryea, Edwin was born on July 12, 1862 in Craigville, Orange Company, New York, United States. Son of Edwin and Hannah (Rumsey) Duryea.
Duryea, Edwin was born on July 12, 1862 in Craigville, Orange Company, New York, United States. Son of Edwin and Hannah (Rumsey) Duryea.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1883, Civil Engineer, 1890.
Began with engineering department North.P. Railway, 1883. Engaged in construction of bridges over Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers and in Kansas and Michigan, until 1891. Engineer or superintendent for contracting firms, Chicago and New York, 1891-1895.
Resident engineer Brooklyn end Williamsburg Suspension Bridge (New York City), 1895-1900.
In private practice, New York, 1900-1902. Chief engineer Bay Cities Water Company, San Francisco, and its allied interests, 1902-1910.
Engineer in charge South San Joaquin (California) Irrigation District, 1909-1913. Member Duryea, Haehl & Gilman since 1907.
Member Committee of 40 to advise on rehabilitation of San Francisco after the great fire, 1906. Mason (32°).
Married Roberta Vincent Taylor, of Ithaca, New York, December 13, 1888.