Stoddard, John S.
John S. Stoddard (October 8, 1809 - June 3, 1862) was an American surveyor and civil engineer; during his tenure as surveyor, he was instrumental in laying out the city grid of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. Little is known of his youth. He entered West Point in 1825, graduated in 1830, and joined the Navy as a Midshipman. He didn't stay: resigning in 1832, he became a civil engineer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. By 1844, he had been promoted to City Surveyor. In 1860, he was made superintendent of the newly formed Nassau Water Works, tasked with providing the City of Brooklyn with a reliable water source during a period of explosive growth. He died of tuberculosis in 1862.
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