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Past Chief Engineers

  • Col. Minor Meriwether 1865-1867
  • Joseph Alcock Porter 1867-1868
  • Major G.M. Helm 1868-69, 70-74, 82-84
  • Richard Attridge O'Hea 1869-1870
  • Thomas S. Anderson 1876-1882
  • William Starling 1884-1898
  • Charles H. West 1898-1910
  • W.J. Shackelford 1910-1913
  • Wm. Love Thompson 1913-1922
  • James Seguine Allen 1922-1946
  • Wm. Earl Elam 1946-1951
  • William Beanland 1951-1956
  • Newman Bolls 1956-1989
  • James E. Wanamaker 1989-2004