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MARSLAND 05.10. 1829 Newcastle NY/USA 27.06. 1898 Osinning NY/USA Edward Marsland, a distinguished master mechanic and steam engineer, was veteran of the Navy. His grandfather served as foreman Robert Fulton (17651815) while the famous and pioneer steamboat, the Clermont, was built. Marsland travelled in 1846 to New Orleans LA; returning to New York in 1847, he entered the iron works. In 1851 he then joined the Collins Line of ocean steamships, making his first sea voyage on the Baltic. During the next 6 years he rose from oiler to assistant engineer. In 1858, by the impact of the ship builder William H. Webb (18171899), who had just completed the construction of the steam corvette Japanese for the Russian Government, Marsland became second engineer to take the vessel to Nikolnefsk on Amur River in Siberia. Given his excellent services, he was commissioned chief engineer of the Japanese, and was in addition given charge in erecting complicated machinery at that port, so that Marsland was promoted to the rank of fleet engineer of the Russian Navy in Chinese waters. In 1860, Marsland resigned his commission before returning to the USA, offering his services to the Navy Department in the event of the outbreak of hostilities. On his return to New York, he was appointed chief engineer of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. He took the steamship Constitution to San Francisco, but on the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was appointed first assistant engineer of the US Navy. In 1862 he was detached from the Unadilla and ordered to superintended duty on the steam sloop of war Lackawanna at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. As soon as she was ready for sea, he took her to Mobile AL, where he remained a year, then returning to Brooklyn. After a three years’ service in the Navy he was obliged to resign on account of his failing health. He was then re-appointed chief engineer of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Shortly later, at the solicitation of Webb, he was given a leave of absence as first assistant engineer of the Italian Navy, to take a vessel to her destination in Italy. He entered In the early 1870s the service of the US Corps of Engineers, where he was in charge of dredging services on the Mississippi River. At the end of his career, he had been one of the last who was closely associated with the old steam navigation, leaving a lasting worth. Anonymous (1888). The career of Edward Marsland, master mechanic and steam engineer. The Newtown Register (Feb.9): 8. Anonymous (1892). Edward Marsland. Engineer 22: 99. P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gatoclass/SB/Novelty_Iron_Works (P)

MARSTON 31.06. 1864 Seward IL/USA 21.10. 1949 Tama IA/USA Anson Marston obtained the CE degree from Cornell University, Ithaca NY, in 1889, and the Dr. degree in 1925 from University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE. He was until 1892 resident engineer for the Pacific Railways, from when he was until 1920 professor and head of the Civil Engineering Department, Iowa State College, Ames IA. From 1904 to 1932 he there served as Dean of Engineering, and as Director of the Iowa Engineering Experiment Station, and was from then emeritus professor. Dean Marston served engineering on both statewide and nationwide basis. He published more than 200 papers and technical reports including Sewers and drains, and Engineering valuation, the latter with his successor as dean of engineering. He was killed in an automobile accident near Tama IA. In parallel to his teaching activities, Marston was a private consultant. He was member of the Chicago Sanitary District from 1924 to 1929, served as consulting engineer at Miami FL from 1924 to 1927, and was member of the Florida Everglades Engineering Board of Review in 1927. From 1929 to 1932 he was member of the Interoceanic Canal Board, the Panama-Nicaragua Ship Canals. In 1933 he was member of the Mississippi River Engineering Board, contributing to flood control plans from Cairo IL to the Gulf of Mexico. Marston was closely associated with the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, serving as director from 1920 to 1923, vice-president until 1924, and ASCE President in 1929, becoming honorary member in 1939. He also presided over the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education SPEE. He further was member and president of the Iowa Engineering Society. Marston was the recipient of the Fuertes Gold Medal from Cornell University in 1904, the 1904 Chanute Medal of the Western Society of Engineers, and the 1941 Lamme Medal from ASCE. Anonymous (1948). Marston Anson. Who’s who in engineering 6: 1280. Lewis: New York. Anonymous (1949). Marston had notable career as a civil engineer. Engineering News-Record 143(Oct.27): 33; 143(Nov.3): 20. Gilkey, H.J., Marston, A. (1916). A preliminary investigation for an irrigation system for the Rogue Valley in Southwestern Oregon. MIT: Cambridge MA. Marston, A. (1935). Water resources data for Iowa. US Geological Survey: Iowa City IA. Marston, A., Agg, T.R. (1936). Engineering valuation. McGraw-Hill: New York. https://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/rgrp/11-1-11.html zihaoliu1990.files.wordpress.com/.../golden-shining... P