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ALBERT PLAYER ISAAC COTTERELL  who died  on  the  16th December,  1951,  at  the age of  89,  was  born  on the 26th  December,  1861. He  was  educated  at    Sidcot  School,  Somerset,  Olivers  Mount  School, Scarborough, and Bristol University  College.  
ALBERT PLAYER ISAAC COTTERELL  who died  on  the  16th December,  1951,  at  the age of  89,  was  born  on the 26th  December,  1861. He  was  educated  at    Sidcot  School,  Somerset,  Olivers  Mount  School, Scarborough, and Bristol University  College.  


In 1878,  he  was  articled. to the  late Mr  [[P.  Ashmead]],  who  was then City  Engineer  of Bristol,  and  after  the latter’s  death,  2 years  later,  he completed his  training  under the late Mr  [[Francis Fox]],  and  as  assistant to the late Mr  [[S.  W. Jenkins]] of Liskeard. During those years he was  engaged on  railway  extensions in  Devon  and  Cornwall,  including the laying  out of  the  Helston  railway  and  the  design  of the  Cober  viaduct,  Redruth  
In 1878,  he  was  articled. to the  late Mr  [[Frederick Ashmead|F.  Ashmead]],  who  was then City  Engineer  of Bristol,  and  after  the latter’s  death,  2 years  later,  he completed his  training  under the late Mr  [[Francis Fox]],  and  as  assistant to the late Mr  [[S.  W. Jenkins]] of Liskeard. During those years he was  engaged on  railway  extensions in  Devon  and  Cornwall,  including the laying  out of  the  Helston  railway  and  the  design  of the  Cober  viaduct,  Redruth  
sewerage, Newquay water  supply, and other works. In  1885 he set up in private practice as  a consulting engineer in Bristol, but  in 1908 he opened an  office in London which  became his headquarters  after  the 1914-18  war, the Bristol office being retained as  a branch. While in practice in Bristol, he  held  official  appointments  as  Surveyor  to  the Horfield  and  Barton Regis  Urban  District  Councils, and  the  Chipping Sodbury Rural  District  
sewerage, Newquay water  supply, and other works. In  1885 he set up in private practice as  a consulting engineer in Bristol, but  in 1908 he opened an  office in London which  became his headquarters  after  the 1914-18  war, the Bristol office being retained as  a branch. While in practice in Bristol, he  held  official  appointments  as  Surveyor  to  the Horfield  and  Barton Regis  Urban  District  Councils, and  the  Chipping Sodbury Rural  District  
Council.  
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1914. Sewage works at Harpenden.

Albert Player Isaac Cotterell (1862-1951). M.Inst.C.E., M.Cons.E., M.Inst.W.E., of A. P. I. Cotterell and Son

c.1862 Born in Bath

1911 Albert Player Isaac Cotterell 49, civil engineer, lived in Bristol with Annie Maria Cotterell 49, Olive Mary Cotterell 21, Phyllis Cotterell 20, Gilbert Thorp Cotterell 19, engineering student, Joyce Cotterell 17, Godfrey Sturge Cotterell 14, Albert Player Cotterell 11[1]

President I.San.E.

Gold Medallist of Institute of Sanitary Engineers, for services to Sanitary Engineering.

1939 London engineer.


1952 Obituary[2]

ALBERT PLAYER ISAAC COTTERELL who died on the 16th December, 1951, at the age of 89, was born on the 26th December, 1861. He was educated at Sidcot School, Somerset, Olivers Mount School, Scarborough, and Bristol University College.

In 1878, he was articled. to the late Mr F. Ashmead, who was then City Engineer of Bristol, and after the latter’s death, 2 years later, he completed his training under the late Mr Francis Fox, and as assistant to the late Mr S. W. Jenkins of Liskeard. During those years he was engaged on railway extensions in Devon and Cornwall, including the laying out of the Helston railway and the design of the Cober viaduct, Redruth sewerage, Newquay water supply, and other works. In 1885 he set up in private practice as a consulting engineer in Bristol, but in 1908 he opened an office in London which became his headquarters after the 1914-18 war, the Bristol office being retained as a branch. While in practice in Bristol, he held official appointments as Surveyor to the Horfield and Barton Regis Urban District Councils, and the Chipping Sodbury Rural District Council.

He practised as a consultant, specializing in water supply and sewerage works, for 52 years and by the time he retired in 1937 he had been responsible for installations at Poole, Minehead, Bristol, Glastonbury, and elsewhere. Mr Cotterell had many interests in addition to his practice. He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in April 1887, and transferred to the class of Member in December 1903. He was also a Past-President of the Institution of Sanitary Engineers , a Fellow of the Royal Sanitary Institute, a Member of the Institution of Water Engineers, and a Member of the Institution of Municipal Engineers; and was at one time a member of the Bristol Corporation.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 census
  2. Civil engineer obituary