Clifford Milburn Holland
Clifford Milburn Holland (March 13, 1883 - October 7, 1924) was born on in Somerset, Massachusetts. He was the only child of Edward John Holland and Lydia Frances Hood. On November 5, 1908 he married Anna Coolidge Davenport (1885-1973). They had four daughters.
Holland was the chief engineer on the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel project. The pressure was great for the two ends of the tunnel to meet and Holland died of a heart attack on the operating table while undergoing a tonsillectomy at a health center in Battle Creek, Michigan. The project was renamed the Holland Tunnel in his memory.
External links
- Holland's genealogy: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=abaldo&id=I3733
Referenced By
Civil engineers | Holland (disambiguation) | Holland Tunnel | List of civil engineers
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