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James H. Brace

An early 20th-century civil engineer, soldier, and benefactor, this writer is best remembered for technical work tied to major railroad and infrastructure projects. His surviving publications read less like literary works and more like front-row records of ambitious engineering in action.

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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159

by James H. Brace, Francis Mason, S. H. Woodard

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158

by James H. Brace, Francis Mason

About the author

Born in 1870, James H. Brace studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin and built his career on large public-works and power projects. Contemporary and institutional accounts describe him as an engineer involved with surveys, waterways, hydro-electric development, and major construction work in both the United States and Canada.

Brace is associated with the East River tunnel work linked to New York's Pennsylvania Station, and later with Fraser-Brace Engineering Co. Ltd., a firm connected to major industrial and infrastructure projects. He also served as a major with the U.S. Army Engineers in France during the First World War.

Today, he is remembered not only for technical writing but also for his philanthropy. McGill University says his 1956 bequest helped establish what became the Brace Water Centre, extending his influence far beyond the engineering papers published under his name.