Sylvanus H. Sweet
Sylvanus Howe Sweet (August 8, 1830 Hinmansville, Oswego County, New York – November 17, 1899) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1874 to 1875.
Life
He graduated from Falley Seminary in Fulton in 1850.
Soon after his graduation, he was appointed assistant under Colonel
1873
, he ran again and was elected, being in office from 1874 to 1875.
He was also the Chief Engineer for the State on the Hudson River improvement, Engineer of the Commission for the construction of the Capitol at Albany, Chief Engineer of the Albany waterworks, of the projected Maryland and Delaware ship canal, and of the Commission for the construction of the Broadway Arcade Railway.
He was the author of The Documentary History of the Canals
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