Thomas Oakes (engineer)

Thomas Oakes (engineer)

Thomas Oakes (died "c".1821) was the Chief Engineer of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. He was responsible for the design and early construction of the Navigation's Schuylkill River canals in the early 19th century. Oakes was also instrumental in the design of the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, and its original three waterwheels in particular. [cite web |url= http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0800/pa0837/data/pa0837.pdf |title= Fairmount Water Works HAER No. PA-51|pages= p. 138(PDF p. 150) |accessdate= 2008-09-30 ]

The Oakes Reach section of the canal is named for him, as well as the nearby village of Oaks, Pennsylvania.

Oakes died, shortly after the completion of the Oakes Reach in 1821, from the typhoid fever that was plaguing the canal workers. [cite web |title= The Waterway |url= http://www.canal.org/ |accessdate=2008-09-30 ]

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