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	George Goethals - MSN Encarta
		George Washington Goethals [GO-tuhles] (29 June 1858 - 21 January 1928) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and...
		George Washington Goethals was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the College of the City of New York and the United States Military Academy.
		Goethals was governor of the Canal Zone from 1914 to 1916 and was promoted to the rank of major general in 1915.
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	George Washington Goethals - LoveToKnow 1911
		In 1900 he was commissioned major in the regular army and three years later was engaged in planning fortifications in the neighbourhood of Newport, R.I. He was then made a member of the General Staff in Washington, and in 1905 graduated from the Army War College.
		Goethals favoured the lock form of canal, chosen by Congress in 1906, instead of the sealevel type.
		Goethals was appointed the first civil governor of the Canal Zone by President Wilson in 1914 and the following year was made major-general.
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	Reference for George Washington - Search.com
		George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 (February 11, 1731, O.S. the first son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, on the family's Pope's Creek Estate near present-day Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
		George Washington was introduced to Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow who was living at the White House Plantation on the south shore of the Pamunkey River in New Kent County, Virginia, by friends of Martha when George was on leave from the French and Indian War.
		Washington's name became that of the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and the State of Washington, the only state to be named after an American (Maryland, the Virginias, the Carolinas and Georgia are named in honor of British monarchs).
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	George Washington Goethals
		George Washington Goethals was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 29, 1858, the son of John and Marie Baron Goethals.
		The name Goethals will be recorded in history as the man who accomplished one of the greatest feats of engineering and construction since the Egyptians completed the mighty pyramids - the construction of the Panama Canal.
		From April to July 1917 Goethals served as General Manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and on December 18, 1917, was recalled to active duty and appointed Acting Quartermaster General, U.S. Army.
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	George Washington Goethals Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		The most difficult part of building the canal, Goethals later wrote, was the problem caused by the "human element." As many as 45,000 persons, of many nationalities and speaking a variety of languages, worked on the canal.
		Goethals made himself accessible to all, heard complaints, visited every aspect of the project, and had an uncanny mastery of the smallest details.
		Goethals served as governor of the Canal Zone from 1914 to 1917.
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	George Washington Goethals - Biography
		George Washington Goethals [Go-tuhles] (29 June 1858 - 21 January 1928) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal.
		The Goethals Bridge between New York City and Elizabeth, New Jersey is named in his honor.
		He resigned from the post of Governor of the Canal Zone in 1916 and was made chairman of the board of inquiry in regard to the Adamson eight-hour law.
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		Pietro Alfieri, professor of singing and writer, 1801; George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, 1858; William James...
		Motorists using the George Washington, Bayonne, and Goethals bridges, the Outerbridge Crossing, and the Lincoln...
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	Goethals Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and was one of the first structures built by the authority.
		A steel truss cantilever design by John Alexander Low Waddell, the bridge is 205 m long (672 feet) central span, 2,621 m long (8,600 feet) in total, 18.9 m wide (62 feet), has a clearance of 41.15 m (135 feet) and has four lanes for traffic.
		It is named after the Port Authority engineer George Washington Goethals, who died before the dedication.
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	Goethals' Obituary
		Major Gen. George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal and first Civil Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, died yesterday noon in his apartment, 12 East Eighty-sixth Street, at the age of 70.
		Effie Rodman Goethals, is a daughter of the late Captain Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Mass.
		Goethals became a first lieutenant in 1882 and was stationed at Cincinnati to improve the channel of the Ohio River for navigation.
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	AllRefer.com - George Washington Goethals (Civil Engineering, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		George Washington Goethals[gO´thulz] Pronunciation Key, 1858–1928, U.S. army engineer, b.
		Goethals found the difficulty of the work increased by the climate, yellow fever, labor troubles, unexpected complications in building the locks, and crumbling substrata in the Culebra Cut.
		By taking intense personal interest in the men and expressing satisfaction in their individual achievements, he created an atmosphere of cooperation and completed the project ahead of schedule.
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		George Washington Goethals was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. 29 June 1858, and graduated from the Military Academy in 1880.
		General Goethals later served as first civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, and, after retiring in 1916, was called back to duty to direct the supply and transportation system of the U.S. Army during World War I. Major General Goethals died in New York City 21 January 1928.
		General G. Goethals was built in 1912 as Grunewald by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany; taken over by the Cruiser and Transport Force from her owners, the Panama Railroad Steamship Co. of New York.
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	Colonel George Washington Goethals
		Goethals was such a promising student that his principal in the public school he attended, urged his appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.
		Goethals graduated second in his class and completed a special course in engineering.
		Colonel Goethals was summoned hurriedly to the scene....
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	George Washington Goethals -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Washington was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, chairman of the convention that wrote the United States Constitution, and the first president of the United States.
		Exhibit of George Washington's 110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation in 1753 as a school training exercise, presented by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Also provides a brief historical background.
		In a dramatization, George Washington recalls crossing the Delaware, spending the winter at Valley Forge and defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
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	George
		George, Duke of Clarence was the third son of Richard, Duke of York, and the brother of King Edward IV of England.
		George was born on October 21, 1449 in Dublin, at a time when his father, having assumed the name Plantagenet to emphasize his descent from King Henry II of England, was beginning to challenge King Henry VI of England for the crown.
		On the other hand, the tale of George and the Dragon is widely considered to share a common theme with the ancient myth of Princess Andromeda of Ethiopia and her savior and later husband Perseus, slayer of the gorgon Medusa and later founder of Mycenae.
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		By taking intense personal interest in the men and expressing satisfaction in their individual achievements, he created an atmosphere of cooperation and completed the project...
		Holland Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge, connecting...
		The Independent - London; 6/29/1999; 190 words ; Births: George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, 1858...
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		George W. Goethals was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1858.
		Goethals would later say, “I am commanding the Army of Panama, and the enemy we are going to combat is the Culler Cut and the locks and dams at both ends of the canal.”
		George Washington Goethals came to the project as the third engineer, but is largely credited for its construction.
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	West Point in the Making of America
		After graduating from West Point, Goethals enjoyed a solid career as an army engineer, including two tours of duty teaching engineering at West Point.
		Goethals, now famous, remained in the Canal Zone as governor until he retired in 1916.
		Recalled to active duty in World War I, Goethals became acting quartermaster general and director of the general staff’s purchase, storage, and traffic division.
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	George Washington -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		George Washington, oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, c.
		After Edward Braddock was killed, Washington became commander of all Virginia forces, entrusted with defending the western frontier (1755–58).
		He declined to serve a third term (thereby setting a 144-year precedent) and retired in 1797 after delivering his “Farewell Address.” Known as the “father of his country,” he is universally regarded as one of the greatest figures in U.S. history.
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	ASCE SLO Branch - June 2004 Newsletter
		During the Spanish-American War Goethals served as Chief of Engineers in the Volunteer Army, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
		From April to July 1917 Goethals served as General Manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and on December 18, 1917, Goethals was recalled to active duty and appointed acting Quartermaster General in the U.S. Army.
		Goethals died on January 21, 1928, in New York City at the age of 69.
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	Smithsonian Institution Libraries: Make the Dirt Fly!
		Colonel George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) was appointed Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission in 1907.
		Detailed from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Goethals brought experience in a number of large projects, including bridges and hydraulic engineering.
		Fears that his military background would be at odds with the civilian work force were unfounded, although the project did progress with a quasi-military discipline and efficiency.
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		Washington, Knox, Hamilton and John Adams were among those who wanted to eliminate America's wartime reliance on foreign engineers and artillerists.
		George Washington Whistler - eminent civil engineer; chosen by the Czar of Russia to build a railroad from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
		George Washington Goethals - architect and builder of the Panama Canal.
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		George Washington was born on Pope's Creek Plantation.
		George Washington first proposed a military academy in 1783, but critics opposed this relatively new...
		When George Washington first proposed the establishment of an American military academy in 1783, critics viewed such...
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	USNews.com: Against all odds, a headstrong president and an unflappable Army engineer combined forces to join the ...
		Goethals was 48 when Roosevelt asked him to take over the Panama canal project.
		When Goethals arrived in Panama, he was well aware of the project's problematic past.
		The tropical heat and humidity of Panama had proved to be the downfall of a French attempt to conquer the isthmus two decades before.
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		George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was the first (1789 - 1797) President of the United States of America and is recognized by Americans as The Father of His Country.
		Washington was part of the economic and cultural elite of the slave owning planters of Virginia.
		The March 18 obituary of George F. Kennan incorrectly said that the diplomat and historian was educated at a military school in Delaware.
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	West Pointers on Stamps
		George Washington Goethals (Canal Zone Scott No,106) major general, builder of the Panama Canal.
		All of the next group of USMA gradu-ates to appear on stamps were members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and all were involved in the building of the Panama Canal, a construction project that spanned a decade, 1904-14.
		George Washington Goethals of New York, class of 1880 and chief engineer of the Panama Canal project, is shown on one U.S. and fourteen Canal Zone stamps.
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		George Washington Goethals, the man who engineered the Panama Canal, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
		The project was a massive undertaking, with Goethals in charge of organizing and equipping thirty thousand men.
		The canal opened unofficially in 1914, and Goethals was later made the first governor of the Canal Zone.
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	George Washington -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Washington's father, Augustine Washington, had gone to school in England, had tasted seafaring life, and then settled down to manage his growing Virginia estates.
		Washington's paternal lineage had some distinction; an early forebear was described as a “gentleman,” Henry VIII later gave the family lands, and its members held various offices.
		But family fortunes fell with the Puritan revolution in England, and John Washington, grandfather of Augustine, migrated in 1657 to Virginia.
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	Timeline
		George Washington had traveled through Elizabeth on his inauguration route, stopping at Elias Boudinot’s home for lunch.
		The Goethals bridge was a cantilever span 7100 feet long and 135 feet above the water in the center, permitting ocean-going ships to pass under.
		The bridge memorialized Major General George Washington Goethals (1858-1928), the principle builder of the Panama Canal (1907-1914) and the Panama Canal Zone’s first governor (1914-1916).
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