Hugh Lincoln Cooper

Hugh Lincoln Cooper (April 28, 1865 –June 24, 1937 ) was an American colonel and civil engineer, known for construction supervision of a number of hydroelectric power plants.

Biography
Born in Houston County in Sheldon, Minnesota, Cooper was a self-educated civil engineer. He worked throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, and Soviet Union. During World War I he served as a supervising engineer in the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Cooper died in Stamford, Connecticut in 1937.

Supervised constructions

 * Toronto Power Generating Station, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (1906)
 * Keokuk Dam, Hamilton, Illinois and Keokuk, Iowa (1910-1913)
 * Wilson Dam, Shoals Shore, Alabama (1918-1924)
 * Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, Mazeppa, Minnesota (1919)
 * Dniprohes, Soviet Union (now Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) (1927-1932) — upon completion of the project, Hugh Cooper was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour