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Hodges, F.S.

 Person

Biography

Captain F.S. Hodges was a railroad engineer who helped build the Union Pacific Railroad in Utah invthe 1860s. He was later a resident of Boston, Massachusetts. F.S. Hodges died after 1897.

Citation:
How we built the Union Pacific, p. 118, via www, April 26, 2024 (F.S. Hodges; Resident of Boston later in life; railroad engineer, built the Union Pacific in Utah) https://libraryarchives.metro.net/dpgtl/histories/1908-how-we-built-the-union-pacific-railway-and-other-railway-papers-and-addresses.pdf

After thirty-one years, Capt. Hodges gives a unique banquet, 1897 October 28, (Captain F.S. Hodges; engineer on the Union Pacific, built it in Utah, alive in 1897)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Engineering survey report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236918]
Identifier: MSS SC 280
Scope and Contents

Handwritten report which relates to the engineering problems concerning the Union Pacific Railroad construction in Utah and the work completed in laying railway lines immediately east of Salt Lake City, Utah during 1867.

Dates: 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Engineering survey report

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