Hugh Lincoln Cooper
Hugh Lincoln Cooper was an American Colonel and renowned civil engineer, known for construction supervision of a number of hydroelectric power plants.Biography
Born in Houston County in Sheldon, Minnesota, Cooper was a self-educated civil engineer. He worked throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, and Soviet Union. During World War I he served as a supervising engineer in the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Cooper died in Stamford, Connecticut in 1937.Supervised constructions
- Toronto Power Generating Station, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Keokuk Dam, Hamilton, Illinois and Keokuk, Iowa
- Wilson Dam, Shoals Shore, Alabama
- Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, Mazeppa, Minnesota
- Dniprohes, Soviet Union — upon completion of the project, Hugh Cooper was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour
