| LC control no. | n 85810897 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rea, Samuel, 1855-1929 |
| Biography/History note | Samuel Rea was a noted civil engineer and the ninth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. His greatest professional achievements were directing the construction of Pennsylvania Station and the Hell Gate Bridge at New York City and the electrification of certain main lines. |
| Associated country | U.S. |
| Located | Philadelphia, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Baltimore, Md. New York, N.Y. |
| Birth date | 18550921 |
| Death date | 19290324 |
| Place of birth | Hollidaysburg, Pa. |
| Place of death | Gladwyne, Pa. |
| Field of activity | Civil engineering Railroads |
| Affiliation | Pennsylvania Railroad Company Baltimore Belt Railroad Company |
| Profession or occupation | Civil engineer Executive |
| Special note | Do not confuse with an uncle of the same name, the two both being resident at Pittsburgh in the 1870s. |
| Found in | nuc85-35774: His The railways terminating in London [MI] 1888 (hdg. on MiU rept.: Rea, Samuel, 1855- ; usage: Samuel Rea) George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy, Centennial history of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949: p. 533-535 (Rea, Samuel; b. Sept. 21, 1855; d. March 24,1929; civil engineer and railroad executive; with Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1871, 1879-89, 1892-1929; pres., 1913-25) Pennsylvania Railroad Company records, 1847-1968 : biographical sheets, memorials, official correspondence (Samuel Rea; born September 21, 1855, at Hollidaysburg, Pa.; died March 24, 1929, at estate, "Waverly" at Gladwyne, Pa.; civil engineer and railroad executive; with Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1871-1873, 1875, 1879-1889, 1892-1929; vice president, 1899-1912, president, 1913-1925; director, 1899-1929; with Hollidaysburg Iron and Nail Company, 1874-1875; engineer on the Point Bridge at Pittsburgh, 1875-1877; assistant engineer of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, 1877-1879; chief engineer of the Baltimore Belt Railroad Company and its Howard Street Tunnel at Baltimore, 1889-1891; member, Railroads' War Board, 1917; residences at Bryn Mawr, Pa., and "Waverly" near Gladwyne, Pa.; principal engineering achievments were the supervision of the construction of Pennsylvania Station, the Hudson River and East River Tunnels, and the Hell Gate Bridge at New York City, and the development of electric traction on the Pennsylvania Railroad) |
| Associated language | eng |
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