Hezekiah Bissell
Hezekiah Bissell was a leading and well known nineteenth century American railroad engineer, civil engineer, and railroad maintenance of way manager for a number of railroads in the Northeastern United States, including the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts, and the Boston & Maine.Early life and career
Bissell was born on February 7, 1835, at East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College. Bissell married Sigrid Johansen.
He worked as a surveyor on the Union Pacific Railway from 1864–1869, under Ogden Edwards. In 1868 he supervised the construction of the Dale Creek Bridge in southeastern Wyoming, a challenging feat of engineering at that time. The bridge was the highest bridge along the Union Pacific built to cross the chasm between Sherman Summit in the Laramie Mountains west of Cheyenne and the Laramie Plains.Death and interment
Bissell died on June 23, 1928, at Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California. He is interred at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California.
