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Arthur Brown (engineer)

Arthur Brown (engineer)

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Arthur Brown M.Inst. C.E. (21 November 1851 - 13 April 1935)[1] was City Engineer for Nottingham, England from 1880[2] to 1919.

Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, 1898
Tramway depot, Bunbury Street, Nottingham, now bus garage, 1901
Former power station on St Ann's Well Road (1901-02), now Depot Climbing Nottingham

Life

He was born on 21 November 1851 in Nottingham, the son of George Hutchinson Brown a Nottingham merchant. He was educated at Nottingham Grammar School.

On 13 March 1877 at All Saints' Church, Nottingham he married Caroline Goodwin (1854-1919), only daughter of T.A. Goodwin of Nottingham, and they had the following children:

  • Lieutenant Arthur Goodwin Brown M.T., A.S.C. (1878-1947)
  • Lieutenant Ernest Victor Brown R.G.A. (b.1880)
  • Ethel Carrie Brown (b. 1883)
  • Winifred M. Brown (1888-1918) (drowned in the sinking of a ship)[3]

For many years he lived in Glenthorne, Lucknow Avenue, Nottingham. He died on 13 April 1935 and left an estate valued at £43,626 (equivalent to £3,825,200 in 2023).[4]

Career

He was articled to the Borough Engineer Marriott Ogle Tarbotton becoming Assistant Borough Engineer in 1874, and succeeded to the role himself in 1880. He retired in 1919.[5]

Works

  • Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham 1882-83[6]
  • Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham 1882-83[6]
  • Radford Boulevard, Nottingham 1882-83[6]
  • Beck Valley storm water culvert, St Ann's Well Road, Nottingham 1882-83[6]
  • St Peter's Gate churchyard disinterments and improvements 1884[6]
  • Cattle Market, London Road, Nottingham 1885[6]
  • King Street and Queen Street, Nottingham 1890[6]
  • Victoria Park, Nottingham 1894
  • Sneinton Baths, Nottingham 1895[6]
  • Victoria Embankment, Nottingham 1898[6]
  • Construction works for Nottingham Corporation Tramways 1900 onwards[6]
  • Talbot Street power station extension 1900[6]
  • St Ann's Well Road power station 1901-02[6] and extension 1919[7]
  • Carrington Street bridge,[6] 1904
  • Stoke and Bulcote Sewage Farm extension[6]
  • Bridge over the Nottingham Canal, Trent Street[6]
  • Bridge over the Nottingham Canal, Wilford Street[6]
  • Milton Street, Nottingham (widening)[6]
  • Bath Street, Nottingham (widening)[6]
  • Manvers Street, Nottingham (widening)[6]
  • Bulwell Forest Cricket Ground
  • Lenton recreation ground
  • Wilford Suspension Bridge Nottingham 1906[8]
  • Street works depot, Church Street, Basford 1907-08
  • Goose Gate, Nottingham, (widening) 1911
  • Carlton Road, Nottingham (widening between Thorneywood Lane and the city boundary) 1913[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mr. Arthur Brown". Nottingham Journal. England. 15 April 1935. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. [2]
    Briscoe, John Potter; Pike, William Thomas (1901). Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. W.T. Pike and Company.
  3. [3]
    "Tragic fate of a Nottm. Nurse". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 4 January 1918. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Mr. Arthur Brown". Nottingham Journal. England. 9 September 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    "The Maker of Modern Nottingham". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 March 1908. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. [7]
    "New Power Plant". Nottingham Journal. England. 16 July 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. [8]
    Elain Harwood (2008). Nottingham: city guides. Pevsner architectural guides. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12666-2.
  9. [9]
    "Tenders. City of Nottingham". Nottingham Journal. England. 17 May 1913. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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