Richard Evans Willoughby Berrington
Richard Evans Willoughby Berrington (1855-1915) M.Inst.C.E., F.G.S., Civil engineer. Borough Engineer and Surveyor of Wolverhampton.
Consulting Engineer, of Wolverhampton and Westminster,
1898 Read a paper to the British Association of Waterworks Engineers on "The Sources of Town Water Supplies and their Bearings upon the Public Health." [1]
1915 Obituary [2]
RICHARD EVANS WILLOUGHBY BERRINGTON, born at Wolverhampton on the 23rd December, 1855, died there on the 24th January, 1915.
He received his practical training under the late Mr. Lyons Wright, Waterworks Engineer, Wolverhampton, and in 1874 was appointed Engineer to the Chepstow Water Company, whose works he reconstructed.
He relinquished this post in 1884 on being appointed Deputy Borough Engineer and Surveyor of Wolverhampton, and 2 years later he was elected to the office of Borough Engineer and Surveyor. He carried out many important municipal works, including a new system of sewerage and sewage disposal, retiring in 1894 in order to engage in private practice which he carried on in partnership with his son and Mr. G. K. Watney until his death. He was consulted by many local authorities in connection with sanitary works.
Mr. Berrington was elected an Associate Member of the Institution on the 1st December, 1885, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 16th December, 1902.
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- ↑ The Engineer 1898/06/03
- ↑ 1915 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries