Background
Davies, John Vipond was born on October 13, 1862 in Swansea, Wales. Son of Andrew and Emily (Vipond) Davies.
Davies, John Vipond was born on October 13, 1862 in Swansea, Wales. Son of Andrew and Emily (Vipond) Davies.
Wesleyan College, Taunton, England. University of London.
Engaged in coal mining, steel manufacturer and other engineering work to 1889, when came to New York and employed as engineer with late Austin Corbin. Chief assistant engineer tunnel under East River for East River Gas Company. President Jacobs & Davies, Incorporated., consultant engineers, New New York
Vice president, chief engineer Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Chief engineer in charge design and construction, West Virginia Short Lincolnshire Railroad and Kanwaha & Pocahontas Railroad in West Virginia.
Chief engineer Atlantic Avenue improvement, Long Island Railroad, Brooklyn.
Consulting engineer Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Construction engineering City of Detroit for water supply tunnel under Detroit River. Engineer in charge for contractors of terminal improvement of New York City Railroad, New York City.
Designed and built 4 tunnels under Hudson River and under New York, Jersey City and Hoboken, for Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Construction engineer for 26 aqueduct tunnels, aggregating 18 miles, in Mexico.
One of board of 3 engineers on construction of Moffat Tunnel in Rocky Mountains near Denver.
Firm prepared original studies for Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels under North and East Rivers, New New York Engineer in charge Astoria Tunnel, Consolidated Gas. Company of New York; engineer in charge construction Hales Bar Dam across Tennessee River at Chattanooga.
Engineer in charge construction intake and discharge tunnels of New York Edison Company.
On construction bridge or tunnel crossing of Mississippi River at New Orleans. Member board consultant engineers
New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and New Jersey interstate Bridge and Tunnel Committee (vehicular tunnel under Hudson River, 1912-1922). One of two engineers on tunnel and bridge crossing of San Francisco Bay.
Member board consultant
Married Ruth Ramsey, April.