Samuel Johnson Wheelton (c1860-1920)
1921 Obituary [1]
S. J. WHEELTON, formerly of Upholland, near Wigan, after studying mine and underground surveying entered the service of the Liverpool Corporation in 1878, at the age of 18, and after completing a progressive period of 38 years in the City Engineer's Department, he retired in 1916 owing to ill health; his death taking place four years later in 1920.
Of a quiet and retiring disposition, his chief personal characteristics were integrity, courtesy, and accuracy in everything, combined with a great readiness to help those in trouble and to assist young members of the profession. A man of his word, he was to be relied upon to the minutest detail, and nothing was too much trouble. His retirement was a loss to the public, as his intimate knowledge of the City accumulated during the long period of his service, was on very many occasions of the utmost assistance.
He was elected a Member of the Liverpool Engineering Society on 13th November, 1899.