William Barclay Parsons

William Barclay Parsons

William Barclay Parsons (April 15, 1859 - May 9, 1932) was an American civil engineer. He founded the firm that became Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the largest American civil engineering firms.

Parsons received a bachelor's degree from Columbia College in 1879, and a second from Columbia's School of Mines in 1882.

Parsons designed the Cape Cod Canal. He was also Chief Engineer of the New York Rapid Transit Commission, and as such responsible for the construction of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway line. A part of 158th Street in Queens New York City was named after him as Parsons Blvd.

Parsons married and had five children.

Publications

* "An American Engineer in China" (1900)
* "Engineers and Engineering of the Renaissance" (1939)

External links

* [http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/science/scisubway.htm Timeline]
* [http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/william_barclay_parsons.html William Barclay Parsons]


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