biography
pronunciation:
[sutro]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1830–98)
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| biography:
| US businessman, born in Aachen, W Germany. In 1850 he arrived in New York City, the next year moving to San Francisco, where he established a trading business. In 1859 he founded a metallurgical works in Nevada, building the Sutro Tunnel for the draining and ventilation of mines in the Comstock Lode. In 1879 he returned to San Francisco, where he became a major landowner, and mayor (1894–6). His book collection became the Sutro Library in San Francisco. |
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