Background
Frank Edward Winsor was born November 16, 1870, in Providence, Rhode Island and died on January 30, 1939, a resident of West Newton, Massachusetts, where he had lived for many years at 189 Mountain. Vernon Street.
Frank Edward Winsor was born November 16, 1870, in Providence, Rhode Island and died on January 30, 1939, a resident of West Newton, Massachusetts, where he had lived for many years at 189 Mountain. Vernon Street.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1891, Civil Engineer, 1892, Master of Arts, 1896, Doctor of Science, 1929.
Dam was named for him. He later sat on Brown"s Board of Trustees. He was licensed as a Civil Engineer in 1892.
On October 25, 1893, His early work was on water and sewer projects for Boston.
He was one of the engineers on the design and building of the Wachusett Dam. He also did work for the Charles River Basin Commission.
From 1903-1915 he worked on projects for New York City including being in charge of the construction of the Kensico and Hillview reservoirs and 32 miles of Catskill Aqueduct. From 1915-1926, was chief engineer for the new water supply project for Providence, which involved the design and construction of the Scituate Reservoir and the earthen dam necessary to create it and the building of a water treatment plant.
Like Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, Scituate Reservoir is the largest body of water in its state.
At the completion ceremonies for the project on September 30, 1926, Providence Mayor Joseph H. Gainer called "he man to whom most of the cr for this undertaking belongs." The dam is known today as the Gainer Memorial Dam in honor of the mayor. Quabbin Reservoir, Dam and Goodnough Dike Providence Tribute to Structural information on Dam Biographical article on Frank Edward.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (director 1922-1924.
Married Catharine Holbrook Burton, October 25, 1893. Children: Lucy Burton (Mistress Hugh B. Killough), Edward, Catharine (Mistress Hazen H. Ayer).