Theodore Judah
Theodore Judah (March 4, 1826 - November 2, 1863) was an American engineer who dreamed of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Judah studied engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute after his family moved to Troy, New York.
Theodore Judah was known as "Crazy Judah" because of his single-minded passion for driving a railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains.
External links
- http://www.engineeringsuccess.com/Career/Biography/Biographies.asp
- Route N Judah – San Francisco MUNI Route http://www.transitinfo.org/Sched/MU/N/
- San Francisco MUNI: N – Judah
- http://www.bushong.net/dawn/about/college/ids100/biographies.shtml
Referenced By
Biographical Listing/J | Central Pacific | Central Pacific Rail Road | Central Pacific Railroad | Civil engineers | First Transcontinental Railroad | First Transcontinental Railroad (North America) | List of civil engineers | List of people by name: J | List of people known as the father or mother of something
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