Edward Dean Adams (April 9, 1846 – May 20, 1931) was an American businessman, banker, power broker and numismatist. He was the president of Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company which built the first hydroelectric power plants in Niagara Falls, New York. The Adams Power Plant Transformer House is named after him. He was "conspicuously successful in corporate reorganizations". (From Wikipedia) More about Edward Dean Adams:
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1 additional book about Edward Dean Adams in the extended shelves: John Fritz medal : biographies of Guglielmo Marconi, medalist for 1923, Ambrose Swasey, medalist for 1924, John F. Stevens, medalist for 1925, Edward Dean Adams, medalist for 1926. (Printed by the Devinne-Hallenbeck Company, Inc., 1926), by John Fritz Medal Board. Board of Award (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Edward Dean Adams: Additional books by Edward Dean Adams in the extended shelves: Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: America and Americans : an address by Edward Dean Adams to the executive staff and employees of the All America cables, inc. at their annual dinner, December 20, 1919, New York City. (Barlett Orr press], 1920), also by Inc All America Cables (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: America and Americans, the name and its significance; a patriotic research presented as an address to the members and guests of the Engineering foundation, at a dinner in honor of Edward Dean Adams upon the completion of his ten years of service as vice-chairman, New York city, May 19, 1926. (Priv. print., 1926), also by Engineering Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: The American engineers' war memorial in the tower of the Louvain library. : The book of names. (Bartlett Orr press, 1928), also by Committee on War Memorial to American Engineers (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: Consolidated first mortage bond. Supplemental indenture, embracing Omaha extension line, to John F. Dillon and Edward D. Adams, trustees. (H.B. Whelpley, 1882), also by Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and John Forrest Dillon (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: The gold vase illustrated and described herein was specially designed and executed for the American Cotton Oil Company : and presented to Edward Dean Adams as an appropriate testimonial in recognition of his services to that company. The following are the resolutions adopted in this connection by the board of directors and stockholders in November MDCCCXCI. (Tiffany & co., 1896), also by American Cotton Oil Company, Paulding Farnham, and Tiffany and Company (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England, and Braintree, Mass.,; his English ancestry and some of his descendants (Priv. print, 1927), also by Joseph Gardner Bartlett (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: Historic hydro-electric developments at Niagara Falls : an address (Adams, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931: Hudson-Fulton medal. (T. R. Marvin & son, printers], 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
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