Hugh Lincoln Cooper

Hugh Lincoln Cooper (April 28, 1865^[1] — June 24, 1937^[2]) was an American Colonel and renowned engineer, known for construction supervision of a number of hydroelectric power plants.

Supervised constructions

Toronto Power Generating Station
Wilson Dam
Keokuk Dam
Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Dniprohes (upon completion of the project, Hugh Cooper was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour)

References

^ "Subjects of Biographies". Dictionary of American Biography. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990.
^ Hugh L. Cooper, builder of dam at Shoals, dies. Times Daily – June 25, 1937.

External links

Hugh Lincoln Cooper at the American Society of Civil Engineers website.
M. Bourke-White, Image of Col. Hugh L. Cooper supervising the building of the great dam across the Dineper River. Life Magazine, 1931.
Hugh L. Cooper speaks to MIT civil engineers, January 1915.
H. Dorn (1979). "Hugh Lincoln Cooper and the First Détente". Technology and Culture 20 (2): 322–347. doi:10.2307/3103869.