Henry C. Goldmark
Born(1857-06-15)June 15, 1857
New York, New York
DiedJanuary 15, 1941(1941-01-15) (aged 83)
Nyack, New York
Education
OccupationEngineer
Spouse
Mary Carter Tomkins
​
(m. 1899)​
Children2

Henry C. Goldmark (1857–1941) was an American engineer who designed and installed the Panama Canal locks.

Biography

Henry Goldmark was born in New York City on June 15, 1857.[1][2] He was an 1874 graduate of the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering.[3][4][5][6][7] He earned a bachelor's degree at Harvard, and graduated from the Royal Polytechnic University at Hanover, German Empire in 1880.[1][8]

He married Mary Carter Tomkins on June 8, 1899, and they had two children.[2]

He died in Nyack, New York on January 15, 1941, after being struck by an automobile the previous night.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 The Makers of the Panama Canal. F. E. jackson & Son. 1911. p. 34. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Harvard College Class of 1878 Secretary's Report No. VI. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. 1908. p. 32. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Panama Canal History - Design of the Locks". Pancanal.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hodges, H. F. (1916). "General Design of the Locks, Dams and Regulating Works of the Panama Canal". Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915. p. 3. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer". 1917. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Manual on lock valves" (PDF). Libraryweb.org. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ "ePoly Briefs Home". Archive.poly.edu. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ History of the Panama Canal. - Ira E. Bennett. 1915. p. 472. Retrieved June 18, 2015 – via Internet Archive. Panama Canal lock system designer henry.
  9. ↑ "Noted Engineer Dies". Asheville Citizen. Nyack, New York (published January 16, 1941). AP. January 15, 1941. Retrieved April 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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