The Andover Townsman – August 21, 1896 – Vol. 3 – No. 33 – Page 4
After a long and trying illness, Job Abbott died at the home of his mother on Chestnut Street last Tuesday noon at the age of 57 years. Taken with what proved to be his last illness during his work in Maine in March 1806, he kept at his labors until April of this year, when he yielded to his friends' urging and came to his Andover home for health and rest.
Job Abbott, son of Nathan B. and Elizabeth L. Abbott, was born on August 23, 1846, on the old homestead of Capt. Job Abbott (for whom he was named) in Scotland District, town of Andover, Mass. He was educated in the district school and Phillips Academy and graduated from the Scientific Department of Harvard College in 1804.
He was for a time connected with the Manchester Locomotive Works, but began his engineering work on the Long Island R. R. From this line he went to the Fort Wayne R. R. While on this line he became interested in the city of Canton, O., a large part of which he laid out at and there he located and has many friends. Among them he counted Hon. William McKinley, in whose success he seemed more interested than in anything else during his last few months of sickness.
In Canton he took up patent law and was admitted to the Ohio bar. While practicing patent law here he did some work for the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. and became so interested in this line of work that he dropped the patent business and took up bridge business as his life work. He took a leading part in the building up of the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., with which he was connected as a director at the time of his death.
Having built some bridges in Canada from Canton and believing this line of business in Canada had a future, he organized the Toronto Bridge Co. in 1878 when Canada adopted the protective tariff. The business in Toronto soon outgrew the capacity of the shops there, and in 1882 he organized the Dominion Bridge Co. of Montreal. Here he built and equipped the largest and best shops in the Dominion which have been and are to-day in successful operation. While here he built some of the heaviest bridges now in Canada, notably the Lachine Bridge for the Canadian Pacific R. R., over the St. Lawrence River.
In 1888 he became consulting engineer for the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway Co. in Wheeling, W. Va., which built a short piece of work containing some very interesting engineering problems and heavy work. In 1889. he found he was working too hard and gave up his office in Montreal and moved to New York City, establishing an office there as consulting engineer, which be kept open till April last, when sickness compelled him to give it up.
Having completed his work in Wheeling, he became consulting engineer of the Bangor & Aroostook R.R. in Maine. This line of over 200 miles was his last work and one of which he was justly proud.
After a long and trying illness, Job Abbott died at the home of his mother on Chestnut Street last Tuesday noon at the age of 57 years. Taken with what proved to be his last illness during his work in Maine in March 1806, he kept at his labors until April of this year, when he yielded to his friends' urging and came to his Andover home for health and rest.
Job Abbott, son of Nathan B. and Elizabeth L. Abbott, was born on August 23, 1846, on the old homestead of Capt. Job Abbott (for whom he was named) in Scotland District, town of Andover, Mass. He was educated in the district school and Phillips Academy and graduated from the Scientific Department of Harvard College in 1804.
He was for a time connected with the Manchester Locomotive Works, but began his engineering work on the Long Island R. R. From this line he went to the Fort Wayne R. R. While on this line he became interested in the city of Canton, O., a large part of which he laid out at and there he located and has many friends. Among them he counted Hon. William McKinley, in whose success he seemed more interested than in anything else during his last few months of sickness.
In Canton he took up patent law and was admitted to the Ohio bar. While practicing patent law here he did some work for the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. and became so interested in this line of work that he dropped the patent business and took up bridge business as his life work. He took a leading part in the building up of the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., with which he was connected as a director at the time of his death.
Having built some bridges in Canada from Canton and believing this line of business in Canada had a future, he organized the Toronto Bridge Co. in 1878 when Canada adopted the protective tariff. The business in Toronto soon outgrew the capacity of the shops there, and in 1882 he organized the Dominion Bridge Co. of Montreal. Here he built and equipped the largest and best shops in the Dominion which have been and are to-day in successful operation. While here he built some of the heaviest bridges now in Canada, notably the Lachine Bridge for the Canadian Pacific R. R., over the St. Lawrence River.
In 1888 he became consulting engineer for the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway Co. in Wheeling, W. Va., which built a short piece of work containing some very interesting engineering problems and heavy work. In 1889. he found he was working too hard and gave up his office in Montreal and moved to New York City, establishing an office there as consulting engineer, which be kept open till April last, when sickness compelled him to give it up.
Having completed his work in Wheeling, he became consulting engineer of the Bangor & Aroostook R.R. in Maine. This line of over 200 miles was his last work and one of which he was justly proud.
The Andover Townsman – August 21, 1896 – Vol. 3 – No. 33 – Page 4
After a long and trying illness, Job Abbott died at the home of his mother on Chestnut Street last Tuesday noon at the age of 57 years. Taken with what proved to be his last illness during his work in Maine in March 1806, he kept at his labors until April of this year, when he yielded to his friends' urging and came to his Andover home for health and rest.
Job Abbott, son of Nathan B. and Elizabeth L. Abbott, was born on August 23, 1846, on the old homestead of Capt. Job Abbott (for whom he was named) in Scotland District, town of Andover, Mass. He was educated in the district school and Phillips Academy and graduated from the Scientific Department of Harvard College in 1804.
He was for a time connected with the Manchester Locomotive Works, but began his engineering work on the Long Island R. R. From this line he went to the Fort Wayne R. R. While on this line he became interested in the city of Canton, O., a large part of which he laid out at and there he located and has many friends. Among them he counted Hon. William McKinley, in whose success he seemed more interested than in anything else during his last few months of sickness.
In Canton he took up patent law and was admitted to the Ohio bar. While practicing patent law here he did some work for the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. and became so interested in this line of work that he dropped the patent business and took up bridge business as his life work. He took a leading part in the building up of the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., with which he was connected as a director at the time of his death.
Having built some bridges in Canada from Canton and believing this line of business in Canada had a future, he organized the Toronto Bridge Co. in 1878 when Canada adopted the protective tariff. The business in Toronto soon outgrew the capacity of the shops there, and in 1882 he organized the Dominion Bridge Co. of Montreal. Here he built and equipped the largest and best shops in the Dominion which have been and are to-day in successful operation. While here he built some of the heaviest bridges now in Canada, notably the Lachine Bridge for the Canadian Pacific R. R., over the St. Lawrence River.
In 1888 he became consulting engineer for the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway Co. in Wheeling, W. Va., which built a short piece of work containing some very interesting engineering problems and heavy work. In 1889. he found he was working too hard and gave up his office in Montreal and moved to New York City, establishing an office there as consulting engineer, which be kept open till April last, when sickness compelled him to give it up.
Having completed his work in Wheeling, he became consulting engineer of the Bangor & Aroostook R.R. in Maine. This line of over 200 miles was his last work and one of which he was justly proud.
After a long and trying illness, Job Abbott died at the home of his mother on Chestnut Street last Tuesday noon at the age of 57 years. Taken with what proved to be his last illness during his work in Maine in March 1806, he kept at his labors until April of this year, when he yielded to his friends' urging and came to his Andover home for health and rest.
Job Abbott, son of Nathan B. and Elizabeth L. Abbott, was born on August 23, 1846, on the old homestead of Capt. Job Abbott (for whom he was named) in Scotland District, town of Andover, Mass. He was educated in the district school and Phillips Academy and graduated from the Scientific Department of Harvard College in 1804.
He was for a time connected with the Manchester Locomotive Works, but began his engineering work on the Long Island R. R. From this line he went to the Fort Wayne R. R. While on this line he became interested in the city of Canton, O., a large part of which he laid out at and there he located and has many friends. Among them he counted Hon. William McKinley, in whose success he seemed more interested than in anything else during his last few months of sickness.
In Canton he took up patent law and was admitted to the Ohio bar. While practicing patent law here he did some work for the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. and became so interested in this line of work that he dropped the patent business and took up bridge business as his life work. He took a leading part in the building up of the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., with which he was connected as a director at the time of his death.
Having built some bridges in Canada from Canton and believing this line of business in Canada had a future, he organized the Toronto Bridge Co. in 1878 when Canada adopted the protective tariff. The business in Toronto soon outgrew the capacity of the shops there, and in 1882 he organized the Dominion Bridge Co. of Montreal. Here he built and equipped the largest and best shops in the Dominion which have been and are to-day in successful operation. While here he built some of the heaviest bridges now in Canada, notably the Lachine Bridge for the Canadian Pacific R. R., over the St. Lawrence River.
In 1888 he became consulting engineer for the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway Co. in Wheeling, W. Va., which built a short piece of work containing some very interesting engineering problems and heavy work. In 1889. he found he was working too hard and gave up his office in Montreal and moved to New York City, establishing an office there as consulting engineer, which be kept open till April last, when sickness compelled him to give it up.
Having completed his work in Wheeling, he became consulting engineer of the Bangor & Aroostook R.R. in Maine. This line of over 200 miles was his last work and one of which he was justly proud.
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