George Geddes (engineer)

George Geddes (February 14, 1809 – October 7, 1883) was an American engineer, agronomist, historian and politician from New York.

George Geddes studied engineering and surveying in Middletown, Connecticut, and law in Skaneateles, New York.

He served on the New York State Senate's Indian Affairs committee and wrote articles about Iroquois history and archaeology.

He also built the first plank road in America, at North Syracuse, New York, in 1846.

[1][2] His son James Geddes (born November 19, 1831) was a civil engineer, agriculturist, and assemblyman in 1883.