William Emery Merrill

William Emery Merrill (11 October 1837 – 14 December 1891) was an American soldier and military engineer.

He was born at Fort Howard, Wisconsin[1] to Captain Moses Merrill, who was killed in the Battle of Molino del Rey.

He graduated first in his class at West Point in 1859, and from September, 1860, to July, 1861, was assistant professor of engineering there.

One of the most notable engineering works of its kind in America was the Chanoine wicket movable dam[2] constructed by him at Davis's Island, 5½ miles below Pittsburgh.

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