PAUL

PAUL 10.03. 1875 Rockport MA/USA 06.10. 1941 Dayton OH/USA Charles Howard Paul started his studies in 1892 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, but his father’s death stopped him from gaining a degree. He was employed by the Sewer Department, Boston MA. He was transferred to the Boston Metropolitan Water District in 1896, where he worked on designs of pipe lines, reservoirs, and pumping stations. From 1900 he was employed at the Bureau of Filtration, Philadelphia PA, assigned to the Belmont Plant, in charge of its sedimentation basin and sand filters. It was here where Paul made his first acquaintances with dam and reservoir designs and construction. In 1904 he became engaged by the newly organized US Bureau of Reclamation, to design irrigation works in the arid West. His first assignment was on the Lower Yellowstone project near Glendive MT. From 1910, he was placed in charge of the design and the construction of the Arrowrock Dam on Boise River ID, by then the highest dam of the world, with a height of 105 m, executed as a curved gravity type dam. In 1915 Paul joined the Miami Conservancy District, a flood control organisation of Ohio State. The method of flood control involved a combination of retarding basins and channel improvements, thus different from all standard of that time. World War I delayed these works, so that it was decided to develop a construction organization by force account, with Paul as assistant chief engineer first, and from 1921 as chief engineer. He resigned in 1924, but was retained as a consultant until his death. Before he left the District, several floods occurred in the Miami Valley, demonstrating the efficiency of the works. Paul established then his consulting office at Dayton OH, where he remained until his death. In 1933 he was appointed member of the committee charged with the exploration of water problems of the Mississippi Valley. He was further appointed as a consulting engineer for the newly organized Tennessee Valley Authority TVA, and thus was connected with all dam projects. He was recipient of the Norman Medal for his 1922 paper published with the American Society of Civil Engineers, whose member he was. Anonymous (1934). Charles H. Paul. The Rotarian 44(3): 48. P Anonymous (1942). Charles H. Paul. Trans. ASCE 107: 1809-1813. Morgan, A.E. (1951). The Miami Conservancy District. McGraw-Hill: New York. Paul, C.H., Bennett, C.S. (1927). Methods and plant for excavation and embankment. McGraw-Hill: New York. Paul, C.H. (1942). The story of the Engineers’ Club of Dayton. Dayton OH.