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1894 Constructed power station at [[Worcester Power Station|Worcester]]. | 1894 Constructed power station at [[Worcester Power Station|Worcester]]. | ||
1903 Secured the contract for the superstructure of buildings for the University of Birmingham<ref>Banbury Advertiser 31 December 1903</ref> | 1903 Secured the contract for the superstructure of buildings for the [[University of Birmingham]]<ref>Banbury Advertiser 31 December 1903</ref> | ||
1908 Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at Birmingham University, fondly called Old Joe, 'Old Joe was made possible thanks to philanthropy. Thomas Rowbotham, a builder who is one of the people responsible for bringing the red brick to campus and whose firm built the Aston Webb complex, wanted to support it personally. He gave a gift that went towards the bells, face of the clock tower and hands – both made from single pieces of copper. His bells still chime today. His son Samuel would also go on to give the University its first legacy,'<ref>[https://www.oldjoe.co.uk/article/old-joe-did-you-know Old Joe]</ref> | 1908 Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at Birmingham University, fondly called Old Joe, 'Old Joe was made possible thanks to philanthropy. Thomas Rowbotham, a builder who is one of the people responsible for bringing the red brick to campus and whose firm built the Aston Webb complex, wanted to support it personally. He gave a gift that went towards the bells, face of the clock tower and hands – both made from single pieces of copper. His bells still chime today. His son Samuel would also go on to give the University its first legacy,'<ref>[https://www.oldjoe.co.uk/article/old-joe-did-you-know Old Joe]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 18 August 2024
Thomas Rowbotham (c1855-1926), Birmingham, building contractor
1894 Constructed power station at Worcester.
1903 Secured the contract for the superstructure of buildings for the University of Birmingham[1]
1908 Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at Birmingham University, fondly called Old Joe, 'Old Joe was made possible thanks to philanthropy. Thomas Rowbotham, a builder who is one of the people responsible for bringing the red brick to campus and whose firm built the Aston Webb complex, wanted to support it personally. He gave a gift that went towards the bells, face of the clock tower and hands – both made from single pieces of copper. His bells still chime today. His son Samuel would also go on to give the University its first legacy,'[2]
His son was Sir Samuel Rowbotham