Thomas Hawksley

Civil engineer, Organization leader

1807 – 1893

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Who was Thomas Hawksley?

Thomas Hawksley was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with early water supply and coal gas engineering projects. Hawksley was, with John Frederick Bateman, the leading British water engineer of the nineteenth century and was personally responsible for upwards of 150 water-supply schemes, in the British Isles and overseas.

The son of John Hawksley and Mary Whittle, and born in Arnold, near Nottingham on 12 July 1807, Hawksley was largely self-taught from the age of 15 onwards—despite his education at Nottingham High School—having at that point become articled to a local firm of architects under the supervision of Edward Staveley that also undertook a variety of water-related engineering projects.

Locally, he remains particularly associated with schemes in his home county. He was engineer to the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company and Nottingham Waterworks Company for more than half a century, having, early in his career, completed the Trent Bridge waterworks. This scheme delivered Britain's first high pressure 'constant supply', preventing contamination entering the supply of clean water mains.

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Born
Jul 12, 1807
Arnold
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Died
Sep 15, 1893
Kensington
Resting place
Brookwood Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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