A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio Vol II - Publ. 1916 - Page 605
ERNEST J. CRISP, C. C. Until Mr. Crisp took the active management and presidency of the Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company at Elyria, he was a recognized authority as a civil engineer in the construction of waterworks plants, sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants in many localities of Ohio and adjoining states. His first important work in the profession was an engineer in charge during the construction of the splendid system by which the City of Elyria draws its water supply from Lake Erie.
Born at Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1877, his home has been in that city ever since, except from 1904 to 1910, during which time he made his home in Canton, Ohio. His father was the late George E. Crisp, whose career as a progressive citizen and business man of Elyria has been told on other pages. His mother is Mary (Wyman) Crisp, daughter of John Wyman and still occupying the old home on West Avenue.
The early experiences of Ernest J. Crisp were chiefly found in home and school. After graduating from the Elyria High School in June, 1897, he spent a year in Oberlin College and then four years in Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland, where he specialized in civil engineering. He was graduated Bachelor of Sciences in June, 1902. In May, 1910, having presented to Case School a thesis entitled "A Sewage Disposal Plant for Jefferson, Ohio," he was awarded the degree Civil Engineer.
About the time of his graduation in 1902 he became assistant engineer to L. E. Chapin, C. E., of Canton, and it was as Mr. Chapin's representative that he served from 1902 to 1904 as engineer in charge of the construction of the Elyria Waterworks pumping station on Lake Erie and the pipe line connecting the station with the distribution mains of the city. Among public improvements the citizens of Elyria probably take more pride and satisfaction in this than any other.
During the next six years he was almost constantly employed in connection with waterworks surveys and construction in different parts of the country. He assisted in making a report on the valuation of Tiffin Waterworks in 1904, and constructed the Vermillion Waterworks in the same year; he had charge of construction of waterworks at Barnesville, Ohio, in 1904-05; was in charge of construction of Beach City, Ohio, Waterworks and of filtration plant at Benwood, West Virginia, in 1906; for the General Water Company he built at Republic and Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, the high pressure pumping station, pipe line and reservoir; constructed the waterworks at Jefferson, Ohio, in 1908, and at Huron, Ohio, in 1909. During 1909 and up to April, 1910, he made the preliminary surveys for the Commercial Water Company reservoir at Youngstown, Ohio; and from April to August, 1910, was Lorain County bridge engineer.
After the death of his brother, Harry E. Crisp, in August, 1910, he assumed the duties of manager of The Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company, then located at 117-119 West Avenue in Elyria. During the past five years he has greatly expanded the business which is the leading one of its kind in Lorain County, his experience and skill as an engineer have been instrumental in giving the company a model plant for its work. He designed and had charge of the construction of the building now occupied by the company at 336 Second Street, and also did all the engineering and designing for the Peerless Plant at the same location. Besides the active management of the business, MR. Crisp is also director and president of The Peerless Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company, is a director of The Elyria Savings and Banking Company, and a director of the Retail Merchants Association. He was a director of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce in 1913, was a director and member of The American Society of Civil Engineers from 1904 to 1912.
In 1904 he was raised to Master Mason in King Solomon Lodge No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1914 became affiliated with Marshall Chapter No. 47, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to the Ohio Rho Chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is a member of H. P. Chapman Camp No. 6, Sons of Veterans, and a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elyria. At Barnesville, Ohio, June 12, 1907, Mr. Crisp married Miss Laura M. Dobbins, daughter of Charles P. and Amanda (Blakemore) Dobbins.
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ERNEST J. CRISP, C. C. Until Mr. Crisp took the active management and presidency of the Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company at Elyria, he was a recognized authority as a civil engineer in the construction of waterworks plants, sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants in many localities of Ohio and adjoining states. His first important work in the profession was an engineer in charge during the construction of the splendid system by which the City of Elyria draws its water supply from Lake Erie.
Born at Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1877, his home has been in that city ever since, except from 1904 to 1910, during which time he made his home in Canton, Ohio. His father was the late George E. Crisp, whose career as a progressive citizen and business man of Elyria has been told on other pages. His mother is Mary (Wyman) Crisp, daughter of John Wyman and still occupying the old home on West Avenue.
The early experiences of Ernest J. Crisp were chiefly found in home and school. After graduating from the Elyria High School in June, 1897, he spent a year in Oberlin College and then four years in Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland, where he specialized in civil engineering. He was graduated Bachelor of Sciences in June, 1902. In May, 1910, having presented to Case School a thesis entitled "A Sewage Disposal Plant for Jefferson, Ohio," he was awarded the degree Civil Engineer.
About the time of his graduation in 1902 he became assistant engineer to L. E. Chapin, C. E., of Canton, and it was as Mr. Chapin's representative that he served from 1902 to 1904 as engineer in charge of the construction of the Elyria Waterworks pumping station on Lake Erie and the pipe line connecting the station with the distribution mains of the city. Among public improvements the citizens of Elyria probably take more pride and satisfaction in this than any other.
During the next six years he was almost constantly employed in connection with waterworks surveys and construction in different parts of the country. He assisted in making a report on the valuation of Tiffin Waterworks in 1904, and constructed the Vermillion Waterworks in the same year; he had charge of construction of waterworks at Barnesville, Ohio, in 1904-05; was in charge of construction of Beach City, Ohio, Waterworks and of filtration plant at Benwood, West Virginia, in 1906; for the General Water Company he built at Republic and Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, the high pressure pumping station, pipe line and reservoir; constructed the waterworks at Jefferson, Ohio, in 1908, and at Huron, Ohio, in 1909. During 1909 and up to April, 1910, he made the preliminary surveys for the Commercial Water Company reservoir at Youngstown, Ohio; and from April to August, 1910, was Lorain County bridge engineer.
After the death of his brother, Harry E. Crisp, in August, 1910, he assumed the duties of manager of The Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company, then located at 117-119 West Avenue in Elyria. During the past five years he has greatly expanded the business which is the leading one of its kind in Lorain County, his experience and skill as an engineer have been instrumental in giving the company a model plant for its work. He designed and had charge of the construction of the building now occupied by the company at 336 Second Street, and also did all the engineering and designing for the Peerless Plant at the same location. Besides the active management of the business, MR. Crisp is also director and president of The Peerless Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company, is a director of The Elyria Savings and Banking Company, and a director of the Retail Merchants Association. He was a director of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce in 1913, was a director and member of The American Society of Civil Engineers from 1904 to 1912.
In 1904 he was raised to Master Mason in King Solomon Lodge No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1914 became affiliated with Marshall Chapter No. 47, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to the Ohio Rho Chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is a member of H. P. Chapman Camp No. 6, Sons of Veterans, and a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elyria. At Barnesville, Ohio, June 12, 1907, Mr. Crisp married Miss Laura M. Dobbins, daughter of Charles P. and Amanda (Blakemore) Dobbins.
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A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio Vol II - Publ. 1916 - Page 605
ERNEST J. CRISP, C. C. Until Mr. Crisp took the active management and presidency of the Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company at Elyria, he was a recognized authority as a civil engineer in the construction of waterworks plants, sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants in many localities of Ohio and adjoining states. His first important work in the profession was an engineer in charge during the construction of the splendid system by which the City of Elyria draws its water supply from Lake Erie.
Born at Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1877, his home has been in that city ever since, except from 1904 to 1910, during which time he made his home in Canton, Ohio. His father was the late George E. Crisp, whose career as a progressive citizen and business man of Elyria has been told on other pages. His mother is Mary (Wyman) Crisp, daughter of John Wyman and still occupying the old home on West Avenue.
The early experiences of Ernest J. Crisp were chiefly found in home and school. After graduating from the Elyria High School in June, 1897, he spent a year in Oberlin College and then four years in Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland, where he specialized in civil engineering. He was graduated Bachelor of Sciences in June, 1902. In May, 1910, having presented to Case School a thesis entitled "A Sewage Disposal Plant for Jefferson, Ohio," he was awarded the degree Civil Engineer.
About the time of his graduation in 1902 he became assistant engineer to L. E. Chapin, C. E., of Canton, and it was as Mr. Chapin's representative that he served from 1902 to 1904 as engineer in charge of the construction of the Elyria Waterworks pumping station on Lake Erie and the pipe line connecting the station with the distribution mains of the city. Among public improvements the citizens of Elyria probably take more pride and satisfaction in this than any other.
During the next six years he was almost constantly employed in connection with waterworks surveys and construction in different parts of the country. He assisted in making a report on the valuation of Tiffin Waterworks in 1904, and constructed the Vermillion Waterworks in the same year; he had charge of construction of waterworks at Barnesville, Ohio, in 1904-05; was in charge of construction of Beach City, Ohio, Waterworks and of filtration plant at Benwood, West Virginia, in 1906; for the General Water Company he built at Republic and Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, the high pressure pumping station, pipe line and reservoir; constructed the waterworks at Jefferson, Ohio, in 1908, and at Huron, Ohio, in 1909. During 1909 and up to April, 1910, he made the preliminary surveys for the Commercial Water Company reservoir at Youngstown, Ohio; and from April to August, 1910, was Lorain County bridge engineer.
After the death of his brother, Harry E. Crisp, in August, 1910, he assumed the duties of manager of The Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company, then located at 117-119 West Avenue in Elyria. During the past five years he has greatly expanded the business which is the leading one of its kind in Lorain County, his experience and skill as an engineer have been instrumental in giving the company a model plant for its work. He designed and had charge of the construction of the building now occupied by the company at 336 Second Street, and also did all the engineering and designing for the Peerless Plant at the same location. Besides the active management of the business, MR. Crisp is also director and president of The Peerless Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company, is a director of The Elyria Savings and Banking Company, and a director of the Retail Merchants Association. He was a director of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce in 1913, was a director and member of The American Society of Civil Engineers from 1904 to 1912.
In 1904 he was raised to Master Mason in King Solomon Lodge No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1914 became affiliated with Marshall Chapter No. 47, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to the Ohio Rho Chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is a member of H. P. Chapman Camp No. 6, Sons of Veterans, and a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elyria. At Barnesville, Ohio, June 12, 1907, Mr. Crisp married Miss Laura M. Dobbins, daughter of Charles P. and Amanda (Blakemore) Dobbins.
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ERNEST J. CRISP, C. C. Until Mr. Crisp took the active management and presidency of the Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company at Elyria, he was a recognized authority as a civil engineer in the construction of waterworks plants, sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants in many localities of Ohio and adjoining states. His first important work in the profession was an engineer in charge during the construction of the splendid system by which the City of Elyria draws its water supply from Lake Erie.
Born at Elyria, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1877, his home has been in that city ever since, except from 1904 to 1910, during which time he made his home in Canton, Ohio. His father was the late George E. Crisp, whose career as a progressive citizen and business man of Elyria has been told on other pages. His mother is Mary (Wyman) Crisp, daughter of John Wyman and still occupying the old home on West Avenue.
The early experiences of Ernest J. Crisp were chiefly found in home and school. After graduating from the Elyria High School in June, 1897, he spent a year in Oberlin College and then four years in Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland, where he specialized in civil engineering. He was graduated Bachelor of Sciences in June, 1902. In May, 1910, having presented to Case School a thesis entitled "A Sewage Disposal Plant for Jefferson, Ohio," he was awarded the degree Civil Engineer.
About the time of his graduation in 1902 he became assistant engineer to L. E. Chapin, C. E., of Canton, and it was as Mr. Chapin's representative that he served from 1902 to 1904 as engineer in charge of the construction of the Elyria Waterworks pumping station on Lake Erie and the pipe line connecting the station with the distribution mains of the city. Among public improvements the citizens of Elyria probably take more pride and satisfaction in this than any other.
During the next six years he was almost constantly employed in connection with waterworks surveys and construction in different parts of the country. He assisted in making a report on the valuation of Tiffin Waterworks in 1904, and constructed the Vermillion Waterworks in the same year; he had charge of construction of waterworks at Barnesville, Ohio, in 1904-05; was in charge of construction of Beach City, Ohio, Waterworks and of filtration plant at Benwood, West Virginia, in 1906; for the General Water Company he built at Republic and Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, the high pressure pumping station, pipe line and reservoir; constructed the waterworks at Jefferson, Ohio, in 1908, and at Huron, Ohio, in 1909. During 1909 and up to April, 1910, he made the preliminary surveys for the Commercial Water Company reservoir at Youngstown, Ohio; and from April to August, 1910, was Lorain County bridge engineer.
After the death of his brother, Harry E. Crisp, in August, 1910, he assumed the duties of manager of The Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company, then located at 117-119 West Avenue in Elyria. During the past five years he has greatly expanded the business which is the leading one of its kind in Lorain County, his experience and skill as an engineer have been instrumental in giving the company a model plant for its work. He designed and had charge of the construction of the building now occupied by the company at 336 Second Street, and also did all the engineering and designing for the Peerless Plant at the same location. Besides the active management of the business, MR. Crisp is also director and president of The Peerless Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company, is a director of The Elyria Savings and Banking Company, and a director of the Retail Merchants Association. He was a director of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce in 1913, was a director and member of The American Society of Civil Engineers from 1904 to 1912.
In 1904 he was raised to Master Mason in King Solomon Lodge No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1914 became affiliated with Marshall Chapter No. 47, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to the Ohio Rho Chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is a member of H. P. Chapman Camp No. 6, Sons of Veterans, and a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elyria. At Barnesville, Ohio, June 12, 1907, Mr. Crisp married Miss Laura M. Dobbins, daughter of Charles P. and Amanda (Blakemore) Dobbins.
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