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He was an eminent victorian civil engineer who was born in 1824 in Lancaster and died in 1905. He started his career in railway work and then designed many sewage schemes and fresh water schemes.
His most famous projects were:
He became the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Was the Chairman of the Engineering Standards Committee which became the British Standards Institution.
Ref 3 1898 Official Guide to Isle-of-Man