George Watson Kittredge

Background

Kittredge, George Watson was born on December 11, 1856 in N. Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph and Henrietta Frances (Watson) Kittredge.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1877.

Career

With Pennsylvania Lincolnshire West of Pittsburgh, 1880-1890. Engineer Louisville Bridge Company, 1886-1888. Engineer maintenance of way and assistant chief engineer, 1890-1891, chief engineer, 1891-1906, C.,C.,C.&Saint Louis Railway.

Chief engineer Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Company, 1900-1906.

Chief engineer New York City&H. R.R.R. and Terminal Railway of Buffalo and of New Jersey Shore Lincolnshire Railroad, 1906-1914. Chief engineer New York Central Railroad, 1914-1927, also chief engineer Hudson River Connecting Railroad, American Niagara Railroad, 1914-1927 (retired).

Construction engineering since 1927.

Achievements

• George Watson Kittredge has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1907-1912. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (vice president 1917-1918), American Railway Engineering Association (ex-president).

Connections

Married Georgia Davis, October 17, 1888.