Gilbert Peterson
Gilbert Peterson , was an American contractor from Lockport, New York. He was the founder and President of Peterson amp Sons, which he ran with his two sons, Charles Gilbert Peterson and Jesse Peterson. The company executed contracts building the waterworks of Toledo, Ohio Grand Rapids, Michigan Milwaukee, Wisconsin part of the Genesee Valley Canal Railroad and worked on multiple reservoirs in the Washington, DC area. Previously he was a partner at Hunt, Peterson amp Kinsley, responsible for enlarging Erie Canal between Middleport, New York and Gasport, New York in 1855, and canal repairs in Albany, New York, Frankfort, New York and Kilburn Hill, New York. Peterson was Superintendent of both the eastern and western divisions of the Erie Canal and in 18671868, he was Alderman of the 2nd Ward of Lockport, New York.
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