Squire Whipple (September 16, 1804 – March 15, 1888) was a civil engineer born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA.
His family moved to New York when he was thirteen.
He received his secondary education at the Fairfield Academy in Herkimer, New York, and graduated from Union College in New York after only one year.
He has become known as the father of iron bridge building in America.He died March 15, 1888, in Albany, New York, US and was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York.