User:ChrisMcAvoy/Isham Randolph

Isham Randolph (March 25, 1848 in Clarke County, Virginia - August 5th, 1920) was an American civil engineer who served as the Chief Engineer for the digging of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal while holding the office of Chief Engineer of the Chicago Sanitary District. Randolph had no formal engineering training, he began his career as a railroad axeman. After completing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, at the time the largest canal in the world, Randolph became a consulting engineer on the Panama Canal at the request of the Roosevelt Administration.