Alexander Easton Gibb
Alexander Easton Gibb (1841-1916)
1917 Obituary [1]
ALEXANDER EASTON GIBB, born in 1841, died 10th October, 1916, at Twickenham.
His father, Alexander Gibb, M.Inst.C.E., was a pupil of Thomas Telford, and his grandfather, John Gibb, M.Inst.C.E., was placed in charge of the Aberdeen Harbour Works by Telford in 1809.
After being trained in railway constructional engineering he was appointed Resident Engineer on the Strathspey Branch of the Great North of Scotland Railway.
He then carried out as contractor a succession of heavy constructional works, including the Aberdeen Waterworks; the Rhymney Railway, Cardiff; the Callander and Oban Railway; Dundee Waterworks; the Cannock Chase (London and North-Western) Railway; the Leyburn and Hawes Branch, North-Eastern Railway; Bradford Waterworks; King Edward VII Bridge, Kew; the North-Eastern Railway main line leading to the new High Level Bridge, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Docks at Newport, Ipswich; and the new Naval Base at Rosyth.
He was elected an Associate Member 6th February, 1866.