- Garnet Baltimore
Garnet Douglass Baltimore (April 15, 1859 – June 12, 1946) was an
African-American engineer and a graduate ofRensselaer Polytechnic Institute inTroy, New York , Class of 1881.He was named for two prominent
abolitionists ,Henry Highland Garnet andFrederick Douglass . He was known for his architectural, engineering, and landscaping work, including Oakwood Cemetery and Prospect Park in Troy, andForest Park Cemetery inBrunswick, New York .During his work on the extension of a lock on the
Oswego Canal , Baltimore developed a system to testcement that was adopted as standard by the State ofNew York . He was an inductee of the Rensselaer Hall of Fame. Each year Rensselaer hosts the Garnet D. Baltimore Lecture Series in his honor.In February 2005, Troy mayor Harry Tutunjian ceremonially renamed the section of Eighth Street between Hoosick Street and Congress Street as Garnet Douglass Baltimore Street, "as a lasting tribute to a Trojan who gave so much to his community."
External links
* [http://www.issues-views.com/index.php/sect/1000/article/1005 Two Esteemed Rensselaer Graduates]
* [http://www.rpi.edu/dept/metasite/news/magazine/winter2005-06/features/feature3-pg1.html Honoring a Son of Troy]
* [http://www.troyny.org/mayor/Tutunjian/2005weeklymsg/022405weeklymsg.pdf City of Troy, NY; Mayor's Weekly Message, February 24, 2005]
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