Theodore Dehone Judah: Civil And Civil Engineer

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Once there was a kid his name was Kevin His teacher told him to do the street,Judah.First,he was like who in the world is Judah then a few hours later he found out he was a civil and railroad engineer!He was so interested because his job was involved with trains.When you hear Judah Street,you don’t really care but he helped a lot of people get to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.Theodore Dehone Judah (March 4, 1826 – November 2, 1863) was an American railroad and civil engineer who was a central figure in the original promotion, establishment, and design of the first Transcontinental Railroad. He found investors for what became the Central Pacific Railroad.Isn’t Amazing that he and his crew build that whole railroad?He tried to find the best route

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