John Frank Stevens (25 April 1853 – 2 June 1943) was an American engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907.
Read more about John Frank Stevens: Biography, Panama Canal, Resignation, Subsequent Career
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