World War I New Zealand Engineers building a bridge. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Donald McLeod was born in Scotland in 1835. He trained under Alexander Gibb, Civil Engineer, in Aberdeen until 1857.
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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 …
John McGregor was born in Fife, Scotland, and trained there as a harbour engineer.
James Wylde was born into a well-known musical family in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, on 29 November 1824. They subsequently moved …
Charles Walkden was a surveyor and engineer. He was born in London, England. His early engineering work was on railway …
Charles Edward Fooks worked as a civil engineer, surveyor and architect. He was born in Weymouth, England on 19 September …
Peter Seton Hay was born in Glasgow and came with his parents to New Zealand in 1860. He was educated …
Charles Napier Bell (1835–1906), civil engineer, known as C. Napier Bell, was born at Rothesay, Scotland on 14 September 1835. …
Harry Higginson was born in England and educated in Leicester.
John Rochfort, engineer and surveyor, was born in Bayswater, London on 21 May 1832, the eldest of the eight or …
William Newsham Blair was born in Scotland. For a few years before he immigrated to New Zealand he worked in …
John Turnbull Thomson was a surveyor and civil engineer, born in Northumberland in 1821. He was educated in Berwickshire, Scotland …
