Frank E. Winsor

Frank E. Winsor

Infobox Person
name = Frank E. Winsor, civil engineer


caption = Winsor Dam on the Quabbin
birth_date = November 16, 1870
birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island
dead=dead
death_date = January 30, 1939
death_place = Newton, Massachusetts, buried ?

Frank E. Winsor, civil engineer, was the chief engineer for the Boston Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, now the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, from 1926 until his death in 1939 and was closely involved in the design and construction of Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike which were built by the Commission to create the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts. Winsor Dam was named for him. [ [http://www.bahistory.org/HistoryWaterForBoston.html Water for Greater Boston ] ]

Personal history and education

Frank Edward Winsor was born November 16, 1870, in Providence, Rhode Island and died on January 30, 1939, a resident of West Newton, Massachusetts, where he had lived for many years at 189 Mt. Vernon Street. He received a Ph.B in 1892, an A.M. in 1896 an Sc.D. in 1929, all from Brown University. He later sat on Brown's Board of Trustees. He was licensed as a Civil Engineer in 1892.

Marriage and family

On October 25, 1893, Frank E. Winsor married Catherine Holbrook Burton, who later taught at Brown. They had two daughters and a son. [Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1, 1897-1942 (1962) Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, p. 1367.] Their oldest child, Lucy, (April 16, 1897-October 9, 1989), was a professor of economics at Wellesley College. She was married to Hugh B. Killough, (December 30, 1892-December 13, 1976) who was a professor of economics at Brown. Together they wrote many books on business, economics and industry. [ [http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=K0090 Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Killough, Hugh B ] ]

Early work

His early work was on water and sewer projects for Boston. He also did work for the Charles River Basin Commission. From 1903-1915 he worked on projects for New York City including being in charge of the construction of the Kensico and Hillview reservoirs and 32 miles of Catskill Aqueduct. Frank E. Winsor was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a director and vice president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. ["Who Was Who in America", Vol. 1, 1897-1942 (1962) Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, p. 1367.]

Work for Providence

From 1915-1926, Frank E. Winsor was chief engineer for the new water supply project for Providence, which involved the design and construction of the Scituate Reservoir and building of a water treatment plant. Like Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, Scituate Reservoir is the largest body of water in its state. At the completion ceremonies for the project on September 30, 1926, Providence Mayor Joseph H. Gainer called Winsor " [T] he man to whom most of the credit for this undertaking belongs." [Article in "Providence Journal", October 1, 1926, as reprinted in http://www.provwater.com/75th.htm]

Quabbin Reservoir, Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike

Frank E. Winsor left his successful work on the Scituate Reservoir for Providence to go on to greater work as chief engineer for the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission in Massachusetts. His greatest accomplishment was the design and construction of Quabbin Reservoir and the Winsor Dam and Goodnough Dike which were built to dam the waters of the Swift River to create the reservoir. The dams were finished shortly after his death in 1939, but the Quabbin Reservoir did not full to its maximum holding capacity until 1946. [ [http://www.bahistory.org/HistoryWaterForBoston.html Water for Greater Boston ] ]

Resources

* [http://www.provwater.com/75th.htm Providence Tribute to Frank E. Winsor]
* [http://www.bahistory.org/HistoryWaterForBoston.html Details of the history of providing water for Boston]
* [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0001145 Structual information on Winsor Dam]
* "Who Was Who in America", Vol. 1, 1897-1942 (1962) Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, p. 1367. Biographical article on Frank Edward Winsor.

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