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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. [1] [2] Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode.
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (29 de abril de 1830-8 de agosto de 1898) fue un ingeniero alemán nacionalizado estadounidense.
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro was born April 29, 1830. He was well educated in the field of mining engineering. Sutro arrived in San Francisco aboard the steamship California, in 1850, and immediately engaged in trade, first in San Francisco and, later, in Stockton.
Adolph Sutro was of German Jewish heritage, born in Aachen, Prussia. He was an inventor, entrepreneur and real estate developer who helped shape the landscape of late 19th century San Francisco.
28 de feb. de 2015 · Adolph Sutro, the self-made millionaire who designed Sutro Heights and later the second Cliff House, developed the amazing Sutro Baths in 1894. With his special interest in natural history and marine studies, he constructed an ocean pool aquarium among the rocks north of the Cliff House.
Prussian immigrant Adolph Sutro, a tobacco merchant and skillful engineer, succeeded in solving the drainage, ventilation, and access problems in the mines at the famous Comstock Lode in the Nevada Territory.
Sutro, a progressive, represented the Populist Party. Despite his wealth, he was considered a man of the people and became the choice to lead a radical third party that would challenge the Southern Pacific Railroad and its political cronies.
