Background
Bensel, John A. was born in 1863 in New York, United States. Son of Brownlee and Mary Maclay Bensel.
Bensel, John A. was born in 1863 in New York, United States. Son of Brownlee and Mary Maclay Bensel.
Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1884.
Rodman, New York Aqueduct, 1884, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1884-1887. Assistant engineer and assistant supervisor in charge improvement of dock and freight terminals, Pennsylvania R.R., 1887-1889. Assistant engineer, department docks, New York, in charge construction work N. River water-front, 1889-1895.
Engineer for water-front improvements, as construction engineering for Central R.R. of New Jersey, Girard estate, Philadelphia, and City of Philadelphia in improvement of a mile of water-front on Delaware River, 1895-1898. Appointed chief engineer, department docks, New York, 1898. Major, Engineer Corps United States of America, commanding 125th Engineer Batln., 1917-1918.
Consulting engineer New York and New Jersey Bridge and Terminal Commission and New Jersey Inter State Bridge and Terminal Commission Home: New York, New York.
Married Ella Louise Day, 1896.