Harry Taylor (engineer)
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Harry Taylor (June 26, 1862 – January 27, 1930) was Chief of Engineers in the US Army.
Born 1862, in Tilton, New Hampshire, Harry Taylor graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers.
After serving in engineer offices in Wilmington, North Carolina, and New York City, Taylor served from 1891 to 1900 on fortifications and rivers and harbors construction work in Oregon and Washington. Later he pursued similar work in New England and New York. Transferred to the Philippines, he supervised all fortification work there in 1904–05. Taylor was district engineer in New London, Connecticut, in 1906–11. He then headed the River and Harbor Division in the Office of the Chief of Engineers for five years. During World War I he served as Chief Engineer, American Expeditionary Forces in France (mid-1917 to mid-1918), and received the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor). He then served for six years as Assistant Chief of Engineers, before assuming the top office in the Corps. Wilson Dam was completed while he was Chief. General Taylor He retired June 26, 1926.
He died 1930, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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This article contains public domain text from Major General Harry Taylor. Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers. Retrieved on August 26, 2005.
| Preceded by Lansing Hoskins Beach |
Chief of Engineers 1924–1926 |
Succeeded by Edgar Jadwin |
