Sweet, S. H. (Sylvanus Howe), 1830-1899

found: Communication from the state engineer and surveyor ... 1865 :t.p. (S.H. Sweet, ... Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor)

found: OCLC search, Mar. 7, 2008:(hdg: Sweet, S.H. ; usage: S.H. Sweet) (hdg: Sweet, Sylvanus H. ; usage: S.H. Sweet) (hdg: Sweet, Sylvanos H. ; usage: S.H. Sweet)

found: Whitford, Noble Earl. History of the canal system of the State of New York, 1906, viewed on the web, Apr. 7, 2008:(SWEET, SYLVANUS HOWE, born Aug. 8, 1830, ... died Nov. 17, 1899 ; Mr. Sweet was appointed Deputy State Engineer under Wm. B. Taylor in 1862 and again under Van Rensselaer Richmond in 1868, serving from 1862 to 1864 and from 1868 to 1871. In 1873 he was elected State Engineer and Surveyor of New York State, holding office during 1874 and 1875. He was also the Chief Engineer for the State on the Hudson River improvement, Engineer of the Commission for the construction of the Capitol at Albany, Chief Engineer of the Albany waterworks, of the projected Maryland and Delaware ship canal, and of the Commission for the construction of the Broadway Arcade Railway) - http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/chapter3.htm