Inductees in Civil Engineer

Daniel O. Cargill
Inducted in 1972

Mr. Cargill was a native of Cumberland who served the state for forty-six years as a bridge engineer and Cheif Engineer of the Division of Roads and Bridges. He played a major role in developing Rhode Island's interstate highway system and developed bridge preservation techniques that have been utilized in many states. Read more >
Alexander DiMartino
Inducted in 1979

Mr. Dimartino served as Chairman of the Rhode Island Water Resources Board and President of the Narragansett Preservation and Improvement Association. He was responsible for the construction of many bridges over route 95 and for the Washington Bridge. He actively engaged in Brown University alumni activities for many years, and was a native of Toulon, France. Read more >
Major General George Sears Greene (1801-1899)
Inducted in 2003

George Sears Greene, distinguished military leader and civil engineer, was born in Warwick’s central village of Apponaug on May 6, 1801, the son of Caleb Greene, a shipowner and relative of General Nathanael Greene and Sarah Robinson. The family’s military heritage influenced George to attend West Point where his great skill in mathematics and engineering was discovered and developed. After graduation in 1823, Greene became a professor of mathematics and engineering at his alma mater and then served in the artillery at several posts around New England. In 1828, Greene married Elizabeth Vinton who died four years later. Read more >
Philip J. Holton
Inducted in 1986

Mr. Holton was Cheif Engineer for the Providence Water Supply Board for thirty-five years. He built the city's water system into one of the largest in New England and one of the most modern in the world. He was appointed superintendent of the Scituate Resevoir in 1933, and became its' cheif engineer in 1941. Read more >
Daniel F. Longstreet (1850-1937)
Inducted in 2006

Daniel F. Longstreet (1850-1937) was a Gilded Age pioneer in labor-management-customer relations on the Providence street railway system. He later invented improvements for streetcars and helped to establish some of the national managerial organizations in the public transit industry.

Longstreet participated in the Civil War by joining the Fourth Rhode Island Infantry at age 15 (more than one-hundred of his wartime letters are catalogued at Brown University). Read more >
David Wilkinson (1771-1852)
Inducted in 2000

When an historical movement is particularly successful, it is logical that there would be many claims of authorship. This is certainly true of the Industrial Revolution and the beginnings of the American factory system. At the center of the Industrial Revolution’s story is, of course, Samuel Slater; but it does not detract from Slater’s reputation to add more personalities to the story. Of all the possible additions, none is more appropriate and worthy of inclusion than David Wilkinson (1771-1852). Read more >

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Inductees in Civil Engineer

Daniel O. Cargill

Alexander DiMartino

Major General George Sears Greene (1801-1899)

Philip J. Holton

Daniel F. Longstreet (1850-1937)

David Wilkinson (1771-1852)

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