John Timperley (civil engineer)

John Timperley (1796-1856),^[1] was a British Civil engineer, active in dock work in the north and east of England and elsewhere - also the first recipient of the Telford Medal.

John Timperley
Born	1796
Died	1856
Occupation	Civil Engineer

Work

He was resident engineer on John Rennie's Chetney Hill, Lazarette between 1806–16 and Wellington Bridge, Leeds in 1817-19, and Junction Dock, (constr. 1826-9) one of the Hull town docks, designed by James Walker.^[1]

He was also resident engineer on the Norwich Navigation, which included construction of a new harbour at the Port of Lowestoft, and for which he gave evidence to the Royal Commission (1826).^[2]

In 1837 he became the first recipient of the Telford Medal for his account of the history and construction of the town docks of the Port of Kingston upon Hull, published in volume 1 of the Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers.^[3][4][5]

In 1838 he was appointed as resident engineer to the Hull and Selby Railway.^[6] and was superintendent engineer on the harbour works for the Isle of Man in 1842.^[7]

In 1844 he was also awarded a Walker premium from the Institute of Civil Engineers for his "Account of the building of the Wellington Bridge, Leeds".^[8]

References

1. Skempton, A.W.; Chrimes, M.M.; Cox, R.C.; Cross-Rudkin, P.S.M; Rennison, R.W.; Ruddock, E.C., eds. (2002), A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 1 (1500-1830), Thomas Telford / The Institution of Civil Engineers, pp. 566, 567, 708, ISBN 0-7277-2939-X
2. "Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Bill - Minutes of Evidence", Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, vol. 4, pp. 225–230, 12 May 1826
3. A. W. Skempton, ed. (1977), Early printed reports and maps (1665-1850) in the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, p. v, ISBN 9780727700476, .. The paper on Hull docks in volume 1 of Transactions by John Timperley, for which he received the first Telford Gold Medal, remains one of the finest job descriptions ever written, ..
4. "3 June", The Gentleman's magazine, vol. 162, 1837
5. "Session 1838 - Annual Report", Minutes of proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol. 1, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1848 [1837], p. 8
6. Herapath, John, ed. (1838), "The Hull and Selby Railway", The Railway Magazine, 4: 250
7. "Returns Relating to the Isle of Man", Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, vol. (26) 59, House of Commons, p. 15, 1847
8. Laxton, William (November 1844), "Institute of Civil Engineers", The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, vol. 7, p. 444

Publications

• Timperley, J. (1836). "An Account of the Harbour and Docks at Kingston-Upon-Hull. (Including Plates)" (PDF). ICE Transactions. 1 (1836): 1–52. doi:10.1680/itrcs.1836.24437.
• Timperley, J. (1842). "Description of the Tanks for Kyanizing the Timber for the Permanent Way of the Hull and Selby Railway". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 2 (1842): 80–81. doi:10.1680/imotp.1842.24625. , reprinted in The London journal of arts and sciences. v.21, (1843), pp.120-131
• Timperley, J. (1844), "Account of the building of the 'Wellington' Bridge, over the river Aire, at Leeds" (PDF), Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 3 (666): 104–115, doi:10.1680/imotp.1844.24527

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