Henry Flad (1824 to 1898) was a German-born civil engineer who became a leading figure in the public works of St. Louis. Born near Heidelberg, he took the polytechnic course in Munich, worked for the Bavarian government on improvements to the River Rhine and served as an engineering officer with the German revolutionaries before emigrating to America in 1849. He worked on American railroads, served as an engineering officer in the Union Army during the Civil War and rose to colonel of the 1st Missouri Volunteer Engineers. Afterwards he helped build the St. Louis waterworks, served as chief assistant engineer to James B. Eads on the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River, presided over the city Board of Public Improvements for nearly fourteen years, sat on the Mississippi River Commission and served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Henry Flad (30 July 1824-20 July 1898) was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a railroad engineer before and during the civil war, and later as a civil engineer after the war.
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Henry Flad (30 July 1824-20 July 1898) was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a railroad engineer before and during the civil war, and later as a civil engineer after the war.
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He arrived in New York City in the autumn of 1849.
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was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army
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Henry Flad (30 July 1824-20 July 1898) was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War
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was a German-born civil engineer who served as an engineering officer in the Union Army
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He became a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers February 15, 1871
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