Club for Engineers
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Sir Ove Arup born on 16 apr 1895 #Kingsgatebridge #sydneyoperahouse London zoo pengiun pool. Good day for a birthday
Sir John Hawkshaw born on 09 Apr 1811, engineer for Severn railway tunnel and original Channel tunnel company 1872
George Watson Buck born on 09 Apr 1789. Engineer London & Birmingham railway and Birmingham & Manchester railway tinyurl.com/oefvsyb
20 Mar 1890 Sir (Evan) Owen Williams was born. He was consulting engineer for old Wembley Stadium. His company worked on plans for motorway system inc M6 Gravelly Hill interchange (Spaghetti Junction) and designed concrete ships for Admiralty - @ICELibrary xitter.cf/ICELibrary/status/1637…
Sir (Evan) Owen Williams was born #onthisday 1890. He was consulting engineer for the old Wembley Stadium. His company worked on plans for the motorway system including Gravelly Hill interchange (Spaghetti Junction) and designed concrete ships for Admiralty.
Happy Birthday @bakerlooline! opened on 10 Mar 1906. Here's a photo from @ICE_London archive of the construction https://xitter.cf/t.co/m0ERfNh76v/s/0MY1
Happy Birthday Baker Street and Waterloo railway (Bakerloo Line) opened on 10 Mar 1906 https://xitter.cf/t.co/3pjS4b7D74/s/CrdQ
08 Mar Sir William Matthews was born. He was @ICE_engineers President 1907 & partner in Coode, Son & Matthews company, overseeing harbor works incl #Singapore & #Colombo. Also Hodbarrow Barrier & naval harbour, #Dover. bit.ly/3cAZYt3 https://xitter.cf/t.co/kWRaGyeC86 - @ICELibrary
08 Mar Sir William Matthews was born. He was @ICE_engineers President 1907 & partner in Coode, Son and Matthews company, overseeing harbour works incl #Singapore & #Colombo. Also Hodbarrow Barrier & naval harbour, #Dover. bit.ly/3cAZYt3 - @ICELibrary
Robert Stephenson's Britannia Tubular Bridge, Menai Strait, opened on 05 Mar 1850. William Fairbairn carried out tests on the form of the wrought iron tubes. Unfortunately the tube was destroyed by fire in the 1970s https://xitter.cf/t.co/JtIZjNqbjf - @ICELibrary
The bridge was inscribed as World Heritage Site by @UNESCO in 2015 https://xitter.cf/t.co/13k6mLmH14 - @ICELibrary
.@TheForthBridges @forthroadbridge @ForthBridges opened on 04 Mar 1890. Engineers Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, contractors Sir Thomas Tancred, T H Falkiner Joseph Philips and Sir William Arrol https://xitter.cf/t.co/13k6mLmH14 - @ICELibrary
04 Mar 1890 @TheForthBridges @forthroadbridge @ForthBridges opened by the Duke of Rothesay, the future Edward VII.! This iconic #railway crossing is used by 200 trains a day and is an @UNESCO World Heritage site.
L T C Rolt (1910-1974) civil engineering historian and writer was born on 11 Feb 1910 tinyurl.com/o48hnt3
Captain Samuel Brown R.N. was born on 10 Jan 1776. He pioneered use of chains on suspension bridges, his Union Chain Bridge celebrated 200 years in 2020. He used same technology to build Brighton Chain Pier. https://xitter.cf/t.co/QWSpIPOmut - @ICELibrary
Sir Harold Harding was born on 06 Jan 1900. Founding Chairman of @BTS_Tunnelling, #ChannelTunnel Study Group consultant 1958-70, @ICE@engineers President 1963