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Joseph Hobson, civil engineer (b near Guelph, UC 4 Mar 1834; d at Hamilton 19 Dec 1917). Trained in land surveying and engineering, Hobson served as engineer to Waterloo County and then worked on the building of the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Hobson, Joseph
Joseph Hobson, civil engineer (b near Guelph, UC 4 Mar 1834; d at Hamilton 19 Dec 1917). Trained in land surveying and engineering, Hobson served as engineer to Waterloo County and then worked on the building of the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. In 1875 he became chief engineer of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY and then of the Grand Trunk Railway. His outstanding works included the tunnel under the St Clair River at Sarnia (the first underwater railway tunnel in North America) and the replacement of the superstructure of the Victoria Bridge over the St Lawrence at Montréal, without interrupting traffic. A brilliant engineer, but an unduly modest man, he left no written record of his notable works.
