| 词条 | Henry Norlande Ruttan |
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| name = Henry Norlande Ruttan | image = Henry Ruttan.jpg | caption = Henry Norlande Ruttan | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=y|1848|5|21}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1925|10|13|1848|5|21}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = Cobourg, Ontario, Canada | death_place = Armstrong's Point, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = | branch = | serviceyears = | rank = Brigadier General | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = | battles = | battles_label = | awards = Canada General Service Medal | relations = | laterwork = }} Brigadier General Henry Norlande Ruttan (May 21, 1848 – October 13, 1925) was a Canadian engineer and Canadian Army Officer. In 1885, he became the first city engineer of Winnipeg, remaining in office until his retirement in 1914.[1] CareerRuttan served as a survey engineer to Sir Sandford Fleming. He was Winnipeg's city engineer for many years.[2] Of Ruttan's many engineering projects, the James Avenue Pumping Station (1906), was considered the most modern such institution in the world.[1] A charter member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, he served as president in 1910.[4] In addition to the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, he belonged to several other professional organizations, including Institution of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.[2] A recipient of the Canada General Service Medal, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1912.[1] Personal lifeRuttan was born in Cobourg, Ontario in 1848. He was a descendant of United Empire Loyalists,[2] as was his wife, Andrina Barberie of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, whom he married in 1882. They had nine children, of whom four sons and two daughters survived infancy[3] including Mary Louise Ruttan (b. 1877), Arthur Charles Ruttan, Col. Charles Millidge Ruttan (d. 1970), Francis Norlande Ruttan (b. 1885), and J. D. Ruttan (b. 1888). Ruttan's paternal grandfather, Henry Ruttan, was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. Ruttan belonged to several social clubs, including Manitoba Club, Carlton Club, St. Charles Country Club, and the Winnipeg Automobile Club. He was a Mason, a member of the AF & AM, and he attended the Anglican church.[4] He died at his home in Armstrong’s Point, Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1925.[5] References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Pump-station-was-wonder-of-its-time--59724187.html|title=Pump station was wonder of its time CentreVenture seeking buyer for groundbreaking building|last=Godbout|first=Arielle |date=2009-09-18|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=30 April 2011}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruttan, Henry Norlande}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uelac.org/UELAC-history/Branching-Out/Branching-Out-Gov-Simcoe.pdf|title=GOVERNOR SIMCOE BRANCH – Charter - 18 May 1937|date=April 1963 |publisher=United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada|pages=9|accessdate=30 April 2011}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7858&&PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape|title=RUTTAN, HENRY NORLANDE|last=Dyck|first=David R. |work=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online|publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval|accessdate=30 April 2011}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/ruttan_hn.shtml|title=Memorable Manitobans: Henry Norlande Ruttan (1848-1925)|last=Goldsborough|first=Gordon |date=12 March 2011|publisher=The Manitoba Historical Society|accessdate=30 April 2011}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.apegm.mb.ca/Heritage/JamesAvePumpingStation.html |title=Jump to the Pump |publisher=Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba |accessdate=30 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904045954/http://www.apegm.mb.ca/Heritage/JamesAvePumpingStation.html |archivedate=4 September 2011 |df= }} 6 : 1848 births|1925 deaths|People from Cobourg|Canadian civil engineers|Canadian generals|Canadian Anglicans |
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