John Frank Stevens

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Panama Canal engineer civil engineer human railroad engineer

John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Panama Canal engineer → civil engineer → human → railroad engineer →
appointedBy	Theodore Roosevelt →
awardReceived	John Fritz Medal →
burialPlace	Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1853-04-25 →
dateOfDeath	1943-06-02 →
educatedAt	public schools in Maine →
employer	Great Northern Railway → United States government →
era	early 20th century → late 19th century →
familyName	Stevens →
fieldOfWork	civil engineering → railway engineering →
fullName	John Frank Stevens →
givenName	John →
hasNationality	American →
knownFor	advocating a lock-based design for the Panama Canal → developing construction infrastructure in the Culebra Cut → organizing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal → surveying and locating routes for the Great Northern Railway →
languageSpoken	English →
notableWork	Great Northern Railway → Panama Canal →
occupation	civil engineer → railroad executive → surveyor →
placeOfBirth	West Gardiner, Maine, United States →
placeOfDeath	Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States →
positionHeld	chief engineer of the Panama Canal → president of the Panama Canal Commission →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Maine, United States → Minnesota, United States → Panama Canal Zone →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Pacific Northwest, United States → Panama →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Frank Stevens →	fullName
Panama Canal →	notableEngineer