Henry Earle Riggs

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Henry Earle Riggs

b. 1865

Best known as a railroad engineer and University of Michigan professor, he also wrote practical books on public-utility valuation and a detailed family history. His work bridges hands-on engineering, teaching, and careful historical record-keeping.

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The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911, ASCE 1190

The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911, ASCE 1190

by Henry Earle Riggs

About the author

Born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1865, he built his career in civil and railroad engineering. Reliable library and archival records connect him with railroad work, consulting practice, and later a long association with the University of Michigan, where he served as a professor and head of civil engineering.

His published work shows the range of his interests. Alongside technical books on depreciation, valuation, and public utilities, he also wrote on railroad history and family genealogy, including The Ann Arbor Railroad Fifty Years Ago and Our Pioneer Ancestors.

That mix of engineer, teacher, and recorder of the past gives his writing a distinctive feel: practical in method, but also attentive to how people, institutions, and families leave their mark over time.