Chester Harding (politician)
Chester Harding (born December 31, 1866 in Enterprise , Clarke County , Mississippi , † November 11, 1936 ) was an American engineer and governor of the Panama Canal Zone between 1917 and 1921 .
Life
After attending school, he first studied engineering at the University of Alabama , where he obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Engineering) there in 1884 . Harding then entered the US Military Academy at West Point and was transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a sub-lieutenant on June 12, 1889 . There he was, over time on August 12, 1890 to lieutenant , on January 26, 1895 lieutenant and finally on July 5, 1898. Captain transported.
In 1907 he was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone and was district engineer at Gatunsee for several years before he was appointed chief engineer in 1915. He then became governor of the Panama Canal Zone in 1917 and held this office until 1921.
In these roles, Harding was responsible for numerous construction projects such as limiting installations, the operation of the building department and the continuation of the buildings at the Hospital of Ancon , the waste incineration plant in Balboa , the industrialization plan for the railway company Panama Railroad , the construction of the piers 6 in Cristóbal and regular dredging at the Culebra Cut and Cucaracha because of landslides, with more than 3.8 million cubic meters dredged in five years .
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| SURNAME | Harding, Chester |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Army Officer and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Enterprise , Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1936 |