Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881) (14761671571)

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Title: Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.)
Subjects: Engineering
Publisher: St. Louis : Board of Managers
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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n Littleton, of which his father was pro-prietor and who also served the town as town clerk and select-man. Mr. Kimball was fond of relating his experiences intrading the farm products in his youth, both in Littleton andin and about Boston, and some of the shrewd trades that he hadmade resulted in making life-long friends with his customers. His education was obtained in the public schools in Little-ton and in Appleton Academy in New Ipswich, N. H., preparingfor the second year at Dartmouth College, but, owing to illhealth, he was obliged to give this up. Mr. Kimball started in his chosen profession of civil engineer-ing in 1869 as rodman on railway surveys in Massachusetts.In 1870 he began as a transitman working for the city of Somer-ville, and he continued in the service of that city until 1887,rising from the position of transitman to that of city engineerin 1876. During his long term of residence in Somerville, heserved the city on its board of health from 1880 to 1887, on the 60
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George Albert Kimball. OBITUARY. 6i water board from 1891 to 1900, and as a member of the board ofaldermen from 1888 to 1889. In 1888 Mr. Kimball was made a member of the Massa-chusetts Grade Crossing Commission, and in 1896 he was ap-pointed by Governor Roger Wolcott as a member of the Metro-politan Sewerage Commission at the time when that commissionwas constructing its great system both north and south of Boston.He continued on this commission until 1901. In 1896 Mr. Kimball was made chief engineer of the BostonElevated Railway Company, which position he continued tohold until his sudden death in 1912. It was in this last position,perhaps, that Mr. Kimball became best known in his profession,and to which he gave the crowning efforts of his life. It wasalways his aim to secure the very best and most effective in theengineering line, both in the methods used and in the construc-tion itself, of every piece of work over which he had charge.He was not too closely bound by precedent, yet

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