Douglas Harlow Shoemaker

Douglas Harlow Shoemaker (June 18, 1905 – February 1985) was the last Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific Railway. On October 1929 he became a draftsman, Bridge Department, Northern Pacific, until May 1932; May 1932 to June 1933, inspector, Minnesota Highway Department; June 1933 to 1935, superintendent and estimator, Nolan Brothers, Incorporated, contractors, Minneapolis; June, 1935, to May, 1936, partner with Industrial Contracting Company, bridge contractors; May, 1936, Northern Pacific, as draftsman, Bridge Department; August 1936 to October, 1940, instrumentman, inspector, district engineer; October 1940 to February 1941, draftsman, Bridge Department; February 1941, to June 1942, division engineer, Fargo, North Dakota; June 1942...