World War I New Zealand Engineers building a bridge. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Born 21 March 1877, Frederick Widdop was a descendant of early Wellington pioneers. After a course of engineering study at …
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Samuel Jickell was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England. He was educated and trained in England and Europe before coming to New …
Evan Parry was born in 1865 at Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales. He worked with Winton and Company, Marine Engineers, Carnarvon, for …
Robert West Holmes was born in London on 25 September 1856 and came to New Zealand with his parents in …
“It would be difficult to exaggerate either the influence he [Ferguson] exerted upon the [New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers] …
Born in the London Borough of Islington (England) on 9 September 1841, Arthur Dudley Dobson was the son of Edward …
Ashley Hunter was born and educated in London, England. He came to New Zealand in 1872 and was appointed an …
At the time of his death in 1928 James Edward Fulton was “one of the best known engineers in the …
John Blair Mason was born in Dunedin on 22 September 1858. He served his apprenticeship in an Otago foundry, attending …
As City Engineer from 1904 until his death in 1923, William Morton had a hand in making modern Wellington.
Donald McLeod was born in Scotland in 1835. He trained under Alexander Gibb, Civil Engineer, in Aberdeen until 1857.
Little is known of the early years of Joseph Thomas. He is believed to have been born in Worcester, England …
Born in Inverness, Scotland, John Carruthers initially planned to follow in his father’s footsteps with a career in the newspaper …
George Thornton was baptised in Beverley, Yorkshire, on 10 October 1828, one of the 11 children of William Thornton (b. …
John Tiffin Stewart was born in Rothsey, Isle of Bute, Scotland on 18 November 1827. He was the third son …
