Hugh Lincoln Cooper

Hugh Lincoln Cooper (April 28, 1865[1]–June 24, 1937[2]) was an American colonel and civil engineer, known for construction supervision of a number of hydroelectric power plants.

Born in Houston County in Sheldon, Minnesota, Cooper moved to Rushford Minnesota and graduated from Rushford High School.

[3] Cooper was a self-educated civil engineer.

He worked throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, and Soviet Union.

[4] Cooper died in Stamford, Connecticut in 1937.

Hugh L. Cooper
Cooper at left, with Alexander Vasilyevich Vinter , a Russian engineer and construction manager, at right