1825 - 1911
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1824
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| Died |
1911
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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Peter Anthony Dey (1825–1911) was born at Romulus, Seneca County, New York on January 27, 1825. His father was Dr. Philip Dey, a son of Theunis Dey, Colonel of a New Jersey regiment in the Revolutionary war. Dey attended Seneca Falls Academy until 1840, when he entered Geneva College at Geneva, New York, graduating in 1844. He studied law until 1846 when he switched over to civil engineering. His first engagement was for surveying part of the right of way for the New York and Erie Railroad. For the next three years, Dey worked on the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers in Orange County, N.Y., and in Pike and Susquehanna counties in Pennsylvania. In 1849, he was hired by New York state to help rebuild the Cayuga and Seneca Canal locks in Seneca Falls. Then he worked on the Erie Canal at Port Byron.
