Hugh Lincoln Cooper

Hugh Lincoln Cooper (April 28, 1865^[1]–June 24, 1937^[2]) was an American colonel and civil engineer, known for construction supervision of a number of hydroelectric power plants.

Hugh L. Cooper

Biography

Cooper at left, with Alexander Vasilyevich Vinter, a Russian engineer and construction manager, at right

Born in Houston County in Sheldon, Minnesota, Cooper moved to Rushford Minnesota and graduated from Rushford High School.^[3] Cooper was a self-educated civil engineer. He worked throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, and Soviet Union. During World War I he served as a supervising engineer in the US Army Corps of Engineers.^[4]

Cooper died in Stamford, Connecticut in 1937.^[2]

Supervised constructions

• Toronto Power Generating Station, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (1906)
• Keokuk Dam, Hamilton, Illinois and Keokuk, Iowa (1910-1913)
• Wilson Dam, Florence–Muscle Shoals , Alabama (1918-1924)
• Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant, Mazeppa, Minnesota (1919)
• Dniprohes, Soviet Union (now Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) (1927-1932) — upon completion of the project, Hugh Cooper was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour