The locks were constructed between 1818 and 1820 by James Morgan, with John Nash, supervising engineer.
"We're willing to deviate from the normal type of tree that we put in," said Richard A. Zbrozek, a project manager and supervising engineer with the department.
Phillip Parcak, supervising engineer with the Department of Transportation, doesn't see the opening of the business as that unusual compared with other requests he has heard.
He may be best known as supervising engineer on the Quebec Bridge when it collapsed in 1907.
According to Mark Rolfe, supervising engineer for the department, "there is a tentative starting date of November 1997 but no completion date."
Robert Grimm, supervising engineer for planning, said state engineers planned to use ground-penetrating radar to determine the extent of the graveyard.
Following the war effort, Pettit became supervising engineer with Airborne Instruments Laboratory in New York.
William Graff, supervising topographic engineer of the New Jersey Geological Survey, talked about the markers.
The actual construction began on Oct. 2, 1981, with architect-contractor Raymundo R Victoriano, donating his services as supervising engineer.
In 1847-48, Brisbane took a position as supervising engineer for the construction of an artesian well for the City of Charleston.