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Bates (LINDON WALLACE an American)

LINDON WALLACE, an American civil engineer, born in Marshfield, Vt., in 1858. He was educated at Yale University and became assistant engineer of the Northern Pacific and Oregon Pacific railways. This was followed by service as director of engineering and manager of various railway, dock and terminal contracts in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and other States.

He was retained from 1896 to 1902 by the Belgian Government to prepare reports and projects for the improvement of the port of Antwerp. He was also consulting engineer on the enlargement of the Suez Canal and on rivers and harbors in Russia. He designed eight harbors for the Government of Queensland, Australia, and did important engineering work for the Government of South Australia. He built several large hydraulic dredges for the Russian, Australian and Indian Governments, and collaborated with other engineers in improving the port of Shanghai. He was contracting engineer on important work in Galveston, Tex., and designed the Three Lake" Panama Canal. During the World War he served as vice-chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and was chairman also of the engineering commission of the Submarine Defense Association. He was a member of several engineering societies and received many medals for his services in engineering.