Sir William Lindley - Hamburg, Germany
N 53° 32.650 E 009° 58.775
32U E 564909 N 5933253
Lindley memorial in Hamburg near the underground station Baumwall at the entrance to sewage system.
Waymark Code: WMTZYW
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 01/30/2017
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William Lindley (7 September 1808 in London – 22 May 1900 in Blackheath, London), was an English engineer who together with his sons designed water and sewerage systems for over 30 cities across Europe.
At Hamburg Lindley developed an increasing interest in urban planning. In 1840 he was commissioned to drain the Hammerbrook marshes, east of the town centre of Hamburg. This drainage system, which was implemented by the construction of a grid of canals connected by locks with the Elbe river (1842–47), provided the basis of the first modern suburb at Hamburg, primarily as an industrial area. In 1855 he also designed an early master plan for the development of the areas west of the town centre. But as his design for the Hamburg harbour (1845, with James Walker and Heinrich Hübbe) was used, the plan was not carried out.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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