Edwin Harrison McHenry
| Edwin Harrison McHenry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 25, 1859 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | August 21, 1931 (aged 72) Ardmore, Pennsylvania |
| Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pennsylvania Military College |
| Occupation | civil engineer, railroad official |
| Employer | Northern Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad |
| Known for | civil engineering railroad official |
| Title | chief engineer, receiver, vice-president |
| Predecessor | John William Kendrick |
| Successor | William Lafayette Darling |
Edwin Harrison McHenry (January 25, 1859 - August 21, 1931) was the fourth vice-president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and first vice-president of the Consolidated Railway of Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to joining the New Haven, McHenry had been chief engineer and a receiver of the Northern Pacific Railway and later the chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 25, 1859. He attended the Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, Pennsylvania.
He first started working on the railroad in 1883 as a rodman doing surveying on the Black Hills branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He progressed from rodman to chainman, draftsman, leveler, transitman, assistant engineer, division engineer, principal assistant engineer, and from November 1, 1893 to January 1, 1896, he was the chief engineer.
Starting on October 1, 1904 he was the first vice-president of the Consolidated Railway. He was also in charge of construction, operation and maintenance of the trolley lines owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. He was the fourth vice-president, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, in charge of the electrical department.
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