William B. Taylor (NY engineer)
- William B. Taylor (NY engineer)
William Burdick Taylor (February 27, 1824 Manchester, Ontario County, New York - February 1, 1895) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York.
Life
He was educated at Utica, New York, and studied engineering in his brother's office. He began work as a leveler on the Erie Canal in 1848, became Second Assistant Engineer in 1850, First Assistant in 1852, Resident Engineer in 1854, and from 1860 to 1862 he was Division Engineer of the Eastern Division of the State Canals.
He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1862 to 1865, elected on Union tickets nominated by Republicans and War Democrats, and from 1872 to 1873, elected on the Republican ticket.
He also served two terms as City Surveyor of Utica, N.Y.
ources
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/chapter3.htm] Engineers bios, at Rochester history
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0DE4DD1439E43BBC4950DFB667838A669FDE] Rep. state ticket in NYT on October 31, 1871
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