Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-10
C. E. CHANDLER READS PAPER
Tells State Association of Civil Engineers of Work of the
Late Henry T. Potter of Norwich, Builder of En-
cheering Works.

interesting and instructive papers
We're read at the closing session of
the annual winter meeting of the Con-
neeIicut Society Of Civil Engineers.
neId IN North Sheffie1d hall New Ha-
ven, Wednesday. This session, which
followed the business meeting of Tues
Gay and the annual banquet of Tues
gay night, was well attended and the
papers presented were given close at
tention
BENJAMIN s. Hinck1ey, engineer of
tests, for the New Haven railroad. was
20 read a paper on Problems Handled
py the Test Department of a Large
Corporation, but Mr.. Hinckley was I'M
able to be present end the paper was
read by j. E'rederzck jackson secre-
tary of the association
Frederick T.. Lord of Hartford gave
the members of the association an
interesting talk on Eight Weeks of
CIVIC Study abroad. His address was
profusely illustrated and was intense
" interesting as it dealt with the
beaut1fysng of municipalities in Eu-
ropean cities, which the speaker said
were Ear in advance of this country
in this work Mr.. Lords trip abroad
was one of about $4,000 miles, he said.
ana took in some of the principal
cities on the continent, London, Liv-
efpool, Birmingham, in England and
Glasgow, Scotland On the continent
ne showed slides from Hamburg, Bre-
men, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Vienna,
Buda Pesth. His pictures dealt with
subjects related to the city beautiful
idea. one which the speaker said is
now being considered by every city of
prominence in this country He show
ed various styles of trolley waiting
stations, lighting posts and poles. troll
ley poles, advertising kiosks in use in
foreign cities, all constructed with a
view to identifying the city.
A paper on Dams Approved by
Henry T. Potter. now deceased, was
read by Charles E. Chandler, which
entered into the details of the con-
struction of dams on the Shetucket
Qulnebaug and Moosup rivers, work on
which was supervised by Mr.. Potter
Some of the dams ON the Shetucket
were built between 1860 and 1870 and
are still among the largest in the state
and doing business at the same old
stand. NE materials used in their
construction were spoken of at length.
Henry T. Potter of Norwich was the
first member of the state board of
engineers from the Third congressional
district The appointment was an
especially judicious one, as Mr.. Pot
ter's experience with important dams
exceeded that OF all other engineers
that of any othr engineer in the
state. He declined to call himself an
engineer, saying that he was a builder
of engineering works. He was, how
and designed all his own work so far
as I know. He is said to have been
foreman of a machine shop when he
was IS years old. and from building
machinery he came to building mills
and dams.
Between 1860 and 1870 Mr. Potter
designed and superintendent the con-
struction of three dams on the She
tucket river, two of them about %
feet high, and one of them about Is
feet high, and the Housatonic dam on
the Housatonic river, about "A feet
high.
These dams are still among the
largest in the state the drainage area
at the first three dams being 459, ATT
and 526 square miles respectively and
at the latter dam 1850 square miles.