John C. Trautwine
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John Cresson Trautwine (March 30, 1810, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ā September 14, 1883, Philadelphia) was an American civil engineer, architect, and engineering writer.
A consultant on numerous canal projects in North and South America, he was later remembered for reporting in 1852 that a canal through Panama would be impossible.[citation needed]