James Simpson
1799–1869
Waterworks engineer. Inherited the position of chief engineer to the Chelsea and Lambeth water companies on his father’s death in 1823. Introduced water filtration at Chelsea works. Supplied water to Windsor Castle and other royal palaces. Supported a national movement to improve town water supplies. Vice-president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1844–53; president, 1854–5.
Source
ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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