Hugh Lincoln Cooper (April 28, 1865–June 24, 1937Hugh L. Cooper, builder of dam at Shoals, dies
Times Daily – June 25, 1937.) was an American

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and

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, known for construction supervision of a number of

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Biography

Born in Houston County in Sheldon, Minnesota, Cooper was a self-educated civil engineer. He worked throughout the

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, and

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. During

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he served as a supervising engineer in the

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.Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Cooper died in

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in 1937.

Supervised constructions

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(1906) * Keokuk Dam,

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and

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(1910-1913) *

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, Shoals Shore,

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(1918-1924) * Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant,

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(1919) *

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(now

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) (1927-1932) — upon completion of the project, Hugh Cooper was awarded

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References

External links

Hugh Lincoln Cooper
at the

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website. * M. Bourke-White
Image of Col. Hugh L. Cooper supervising the building of the great dam across the Dineper River

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, 1931.
Hugh L. Cooper speaks to MIT civil engineers
January 1915. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Hugh Lincoln 1865 births 1937 deaths American civil engineers United States Army officers People from Houston County, Minnesota American expatriates in the Soviet Union Military personnel from Minnesota