Marine Engineers and Waterway Developers

People who made sea transport possible by building its machinery or its routes, such as the engineers whose steam and hydraulic equipment became standard on ships, and the promoters and builders who organised the great ship canals that shortened the world sea lanes. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the person a marine engineer, a maker of ship machinery, or the developer or builder of a ship canal or other major waterway. It excludes naval architects who design hulls, shipping magnates, explorers and admirals, and submarine pioneers, who have their own groups. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.