William Rich Hutton

William Rich Hutton (March 21, 1826 – December 11, 1901) was a surveyor and artist who became an architect and civil engineer in Maryland and New York in the latter half of the 19th century.

His sketches of the pueblo of Los Angeles and diary of his life as a surveyor in California were published by the Huntington Library.

His diaries and drawings record his travel west via Panama and his six years in California, including a surveying expedition to Los Angeles in June 1849 with Lieutenant Edward O.C.

He later served as Chief Engineer for the Annapolis Water Works (1866), the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and the Western Maryland Railroad (1871).

[10] Hutton published The Washington Bridge Over the Harlem River, at 181st Street, New York City: A description of its construction in 1891.