Background
Sterling, Guy was born on May 1, 1860 in Cleveland. Son of Theodore and Charlotte (Higgins) Sterling.
Sterling, Guy was born on May 1, 1860 in Cleveland. Son of Theodore and Charlotte (Higgins) Sterling.
Kenyon College, Gambler, O., 1877-1878. C.E., Cornell Univercity, 1887. Special work in electrical engineering, Lewis Institute, Chicago, 1904.
In wholesale and retail carpet business with Sterling & Company, Cleveland, 1878-1883. Assistant engineer maintenance of way, Denver, 1887-1888, topographical engineer surveys in northeastern California, 1888-1889, U.P. Railway. Topographer United States Geological Survey, on Clear Lake, California, and Snake River (Idaho) irrigation surveys, 1889.
Assistant engineer in charge construction Phyllis Canal, Idaho, 1890. Assistant chief engineer Sunnyside Canal, near Yakima, Washington, 1890-1891. Chief engineer Cowiche and Wide Hollow irrigation district near Yakima, Washington, 1891-1892.
Again assistant chief engineer Sunnyside Canal, 1892-1894. Construction private irrigation projects near N. Yakima, 1894-1895. Chief engineer Priest Rapids Project, on Columbia River north of Pasco, Washington, 1895.
In practice in Utah and other states, August since 1895, principally hydraulic engineering, examinations and reports for eastern investors, supervision of construction, etc.
Married Harriot Brewer, September 4, 1890.