Harry F. Curtis

Harry F. Curtis was an engineer and Pennsylvania state representative. Born in New York state in 1871, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in his early youth. As a partner in the Philadelphia contracting firm Reiter, Curtis & Hill, he helped build the Paulinskill Viaduct in Knowlton Township, New Jersey, in 1908-10.[1] Part of the Lackawanna Cut-Off, one of the largest railroad infrastructure projects of its time, the viaduct was at the time the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world. Curtis was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1908.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dana, Richard Turner; William Lawrence Saunders; Construction Service Company (1911). Rock drilling: with particular reference to open cut excavation and submarine rock removal. J. Wiley & Sons. pp. 107–115. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ Miller, Herman P.; W. Harry Bake (1910). "Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania". Biographical Sketch. The State of Pennsylvania. p. 979. Retrieved November 19, 2012.


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