Background
Earl, George Goodell was born on October 9, 1863 in Monmouth Company, New Jersey, United States. Son of Holmes and Annie (Taylor) Earl.
Earl, George Goodell was born on October 9, 1863 in Monmouth Company, New Jersey, United States. Son of Holmes and Annie (Taylor) Earl.
Graduate Freehold (New Jersey) Institute, 1880. Civil Engineer, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1884, Doctor of Science, 1918.
1 son, Thomas Collins. With United States Geological Survey in New Jersey, 1884-1885. Railroad location and construction with A.T.&San Francisco Railroad, in Missouri, 1886-1887.
Sewer construction, Montgomery, Alabama, 1888.
General engineering practice, 1888-1892. City engineer, Americus, Georgia, 1890-1891.
Chief engineer New Orleans Sewerage Company, 1892-1899. General superintendent and chief engineer, Sewerage and Water Board, New Orleans, 1900-1930, construction engineering of same, since 1931.
Has specialized in development of new methods for regulation, measurement and recording of fluid flows and pressures, especially in proportional flows, and in improvement of liquid meters to record fully on low rates of draft heretofore not recordable.
Home: New Orleans, Louisiana.
Married Anna L. Riddell, June 1890 (died 1911). Married second, Frances H. Fowler, January 1912. Children: Anna Taylor (deceased), Ralph.