Chester Harding was born in the town of Enterprise in Mississippi on December 31, 1866 His early education was made in private schools and of course taking the engineering, he attended the University of Alabama, where he graduated with a degree in engineering 1884.
Then he was selected for the Military Academy at West Point United States, and after his graduation June 12, 1889, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Additional Army Corps of Engineers of the United States. On 12 August 1890 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant of Engineers on 26 January 1895 he was promoted to Lieutenant, and July 5, 1898 received the ascent of Captain. Harding was appointed division engineer of the Division of Gatun Locks in 1907, then was promoted to Maintenance Engineer of the Panama Canal in 1915, He served as Governor of the Canal Zone January 1917-1921.
As an engineer of the Panama Canal, Harding was responsible for many construction projects including terminal facilities; operations of the division of buildings including the continuation of the group of buildings Ancon Hospital; the garbage incinerator in Balboa and industrial background to the Panama Railroad; construction dock in Cristobal No.6; and intermittent dredging work in the Culebra and Cucaracha Court because of landslides, removing more than five million cubic yards of soil in five years.
Major Harding married Flora Krum on July 15, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri. They had three children: Horace, Krum Chester and Katherine. Harding died on November 11, 1936.
Then he was selected for the Military Academy at West Point United States, and after his graduation June 12, 1889, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Additional Army Corps of Engineers of the United States. On 12 August 1890 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant of Engineers on 26 January 1895 he was promoted to Lieutenant, and July 5, 1898 received the ascent of Captain. Harding was appointed division engineer of the Division of Gatun Locks in 1907, then was promoted to Maintenance Engineer of the Panama Canal in 1915, He served as Governor of the Canal Zone January 1917-1921.
As an engineer of the Panama Canal, Harding was responsible for many construction projects including terminal facilities; operations of the division of buildings including the continuation of the group of buildings Ancon Hospital; the garbage incinerator in Balboa and industrial background to the Panama Railroad; construction dock in Cristobal No.6; and intermittent dredging work in the Culebra and Cucaracha Court because of landslides, removing more than five million cubic yards of soil in five years.
Major Harding married Flora Krum on July 15, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri. They had three children: Horace, Krum Chester and Katherine. Harding died on November 11, 1936.
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