Robert Ridgway (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Ridgway (engineer)

American civil engineer

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1862

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1938

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Robert Ridgway, sometimes spelled Robert Ridgeway (October 19, 1862 – December 19, 1938), was an American civil engineer.
He did not study engineering at any school, but worked 49 years for New York City in the construction of major projects, and became Chief Engineer of the Transit Commission in 1921.
He became president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Metropolitan section.
Further he became president of the national ASCE in 1925.
The Ridgway Awards are an annual award of the ASCE Met section named for him.At the time of his death, Ridgway was consulting Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes on Chicago's first subway.
According to the December 20, 1938 edition of the Brooklyn Eagle, he died in Fort Wayne, Indiana after suffering a heart attack, while en route to New York after attending ground-breaking ceremonies for the Chicago Subway.
He was 76.