John Samuel Eastwood

John Samuel Eastwood (1857, in Minnesota – 1924, in California) was an American engineer who built the world's first reinforced concrete multiple-arch dam on bedrock foundation at Hume Lake, California, in 1908, and was one of California's pioneers of hydroelectric power production. Eastwood's papers are held at the Water Resources Collections and Archives, University of California, Riverside.

For other people named John Eastwood, see John Eastwood (disambiguation).
John Samuel Eastwood
John Samuel Eastwood
Born1857
near Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedAugust 1924
near Fresno, California, U.S.
Resting placeMountain View Cemetery (Fresno)
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
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