San Francisco County
Biographies
LLOYD TEVIS McAFEE
The
important post of first assistant city engineer of San Francisco
is capably filled by Lloyd Tevis McAfee, whose
professional activities have brought him into close connection with large
development projects in various parts of California.
A native of this city, he attended its public schools and continued his studies
in the Belmont Military
Academy at Belmont,
California. Taking up the work of a civil
engineer, he was engaged in making railroad surveys in Shasta county, California,
from June, 1901, until September of that year and for about two years
thereafter was occupied in making surveys for proposed hydro-electric projects
in Kings county, California. This work he completed in June, 1903, and then
devoted a year to railroad surveys for the Western Pacific in the states of Nevada
and California. From June, 1904,
to January, 1905, he was in charge of ditch, tunnel and flume construction in
Trinity county for the North Mountain Power Company,
which was preparing to transmit power to Eureka, California.
He was next with the Ocean Shore Railroad Company, acting as resident engineer
in charge of construction until August, 1909, when he resigned to become
assistant engineer under Marsdon Manson, city
engineer of San Francisco, and at first supervised the construction of
cisterns, storm and sanitary sewers and the Mission viaduct, while later he had
charge of the construction of the high pressure fire system for one year. From
1912 to 1917 he was assistant engineer under M. M. O’Shaughnessy, in charge of
the building of the Fort Mason
pumping station, a part of the high pressure fire system, and also had
supervision of the construction of the Stockton street and Twin
Peaks tunnels. During the period from 1917 to 1921 he was construction
engineer of the Retch Retchy (sic) water supply under
M. M. O’Shaughnessy, city engineer, having charge of the construction of
ditches, flumes, tunnels, and power house of the Lower Cherry Power
Development, the Lake Eleanor dam, and excavation work for the O’Shaughnessy
dam foundation in Tuolumne county, California. From 1921 to 1930 he was
construction engineer for the Retch Retchy (sic)
water supply, in charge of construction of the Mountain and Foothill divisions,
consisting of the building of thirty-six miles of tunnels, the Priest and
Moccasin dams, the Moccasin power-house and penstocks. On March 3, 1930, his
ability and experience won for him the appointment of chief assistant city
engineer and he is efficiently continuing his work in connection with the
development of the Retch Retchy (sic) project. His
devotion to duty and well developed powers have brought him to the fore in his
profession and his scientific knowledge, supplemented by broad practical
experience, enables him to find a ready and accurate solution for all intricate
and difficult technical problems. He is a member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers.
Dr.
McAfee married Miss Emily Meckel of Trinity county, California, in 1907, and they
have three daughters: Katherine, a teacher in St. Rose
Academy in San Francisco; and Dorothy and Harriett, who are
students at the Dominican College
at San Rafael, California.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Byington, Lewis Francis, “History of
San Francisco 3 Vols”, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1931. Vol. 2 Pages 83-85.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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