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CRESSON, John Chapman, civil engineer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1806; died there in 1876. He was educated at a Friends' academy, attended lectures on agriculture at the University of Pennsylvania, and then became a farmer, but sold his farm in 1834, and engaged in business in Philadelphia. He was then made superintendent and on-gineer of the Philadelphia gas-works, and held the office for twenty-eight years. He was given the chair of mechanics and natural philosophy in Franklin institute in 1837, and in 1855 was made its president. He also held a similar chair in the Philadelphia high school for two years. He was for many years a manager and one of the vice-presidents of the Pennsylvania institution for the blind, and was connected with many other charitable institutions. He was also manager of the Schuylkill navigation company, president of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven railroad company in 1847-'76, and one of the original Fairmount park commissioners, afterward becoming chief on-gineer of that park.
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