Harvey Slocum

Harvey Slocum (October 23, 1887 – November 11, 1961) was an American civil engineer and dam-building expert, known primarily for his part in the construction of Grand Coulee Dam in the United States and the Bhakra Dam in India.[1]

Slocum started out as a labourer in a steel mill and rose to the position of construction superintendent of the Grand Coulee Dam.[2]

Slocum joined the Bhakra Dam construction project as chief engineer in 1952 and imprinted on it his own distinctive style of working. He was a flamboyant personality who drove a current model powder blue cadillac convertible; not expected of an engineer in those times in India.[3]

Slocum died in New Delhi at age 74.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Harvey Slocum, Dam Builder, Dies; Consultant on Grand Coulee and Hoover Projects, 74," New York Times. November 12, 1961
  2. ↑ "INDIA: The Rainmakers". INDIA: The Rainmakers. Time.com, Dec. 05, 1955. 1955-12-05. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  3. ↑ Guha, Ramachandra (2007). India After Gandhi, page 215. Pan Macmillan Ltd., London.

References

  • Downs, L. Vaughn. (1993). The mightiest of them all: memories of Grand Coulee Dam. New York: ASCE Press. ISBN 9780872629356; OCLC 28890824
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