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William Heerlein Lindley

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Sir William Heerlein Lindley (1853-1917) was a British civil engineer born in Hamburg, Germany, who worked mainly on water supply and sewerage systems across central and eastern Europe. He often collaborated with his father, the engineer William Lindley, and went on to oversee construction of the Warsaw waterworks between 1881 and 1889, design the sewage system of Prague between 1895 and 1906, and build the city Bubenec sewage plant, which operated from 1907 to 1967 and is now a museum dedicated to his work. He also developed the water supply system for Iasi, Romania, connecting the city in 1911 to an aquifer 103 kilometers away, coordinated the water supply of Baku from 1899 until his death, and designed a water and sewerage system for Lodz, Poland in 1909. He died in London in 1917. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1853 1
Birth Date
1853-01-30 1
Death Year
1917 1
Death Date
1917-12-30 1
Nationality
British 1
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1. William Heerlein Lindley (Wikipedia)
  • Article body, intro dates
    30 January 1853, in Hamburg
  • Article body, intro dates [death-date]
    30 December 1917, in London
  • Article body, intro dates [birth-year]
    30 January 1853
  • Article body, intro dates [death-year]
    30 December 1917
  • Article body, intro sentence
    a British civil engineer
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Which European cities relied on William Heerlein Lindley's water and sewerage work?

Warsaw, Prague, Iasi, Baku and Lodz all had water or sewerage systems built or designed by him.

Lindley, a British civil engineer born in Hamburg, oversaw construction of the Warsaw waterworks between 1881 and 1889 and designed the sewage system of Prague between 1895 and 1906, including the Bubenec sewage plant, which operated from 1907 to 1967 and is now a museum. He also developed the water supply for Iasi, Romania, connecting the city in 1911 to an aquifer 103 kilometers away, coordinated the water supply of Baku from 1899 until his death, and designed a water and sewerage system for Lodz, Poland in 1909.
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