Alfred Noble (engineer)

He served in the Union Army from 1862 to 1865, after which time he entered the University of Michigan as a sophomore.

[1] Noble graduated with his University of Michigan class in June 1870, receiving his degree in civil engineering at age 26.

[2][3][4] He was chief engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad's New York City East River projects, which built tunnels carrying four lanes of track between Manhattan and Queens.

Amtrak, the Long Island Railroad, and New Jersey Transit continue to run trains through these tunnels well into their second century of use.

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