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John Abbet Walls

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Died
  
20th century


Name
  
John Walls

Alma mater
  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Occupation
  
Businessmann and engineer

Education
  
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John Abbet Walls (born 19th century) was an American engineer and businessman, notable as president of the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company.

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Education

In 1899, he earned a degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Career

Walls started work at the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company, located in Niagara Falls, New York.

He became assistant engineer of the Montreal Shawinigan Water and Power Company, located in the Canadian city of Montreal, Quebec, in 1901.

Walls was named chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company. As chief engineer he was involved in dam construction. He was later president of the company.

References

John Abbet Walls Wikipedia