Hermann Schuessler

A bronze plaquette at the Crystal Springs water reservoir honors Hermann Schüssler

Hermann Schüssler (in USA Schussler ) (born August 4, 1842 in Rastede ; † April 27, 1919 in San Francisco ) was a German civil engineer who built many dams in the USA. He became known through the construction of water supply system for the mine in Comstock Lode .

Schüssler attended the Prussian Military Academy in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) from 1859 to 1862 . He then studied civil engineering in Zurich and Karlsruhe . In Karlsruhe he became a member of the Teutonia fraternity .

In 1864 Schüssler emigrated to California and began working for the San Francisco waterworks . He worked on several projects in the San Francisco Bay Area . Noteworthy are the construction of the Lower Crystal Springs dam and the dam on San Andreas Lake , both of which survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake without damage. Schüssler became the chief engineer of Marin County and later Virginia City . There he built the water supply system for the mine in Comstock Lode. He also built water supply systems in Tuscarora, Nevada and Pioche . Also worked on several projects in Hawaii . He retired in 1914.

literature

John Debo Galloway: Early Engineering Works Contributory to the Comstock , 1947.
Hermann Schussler: The Water Supply Of San Francisco, California Before, During And After The Earthquake of April 18, 1906 And The Subsequent Conflagration , 1907.
Hugh Shamberger: The Story of the Water supply for the Comstock , 1965.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Georg Kirschner: Directory of Members of the Karlsruhe Burschenschaft Teutonia , 1966.

personal data
SURNAME	Schüssler, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schussler, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	4th August 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rastede
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 1919
Place of death	San Francisco

[1] Georg Kirschner: Directory of Members of the Karlsruhe Burschenschaft Teutonia , 1966.