James Simpson (engineer)

For other people named James Simpson, see James Simpson (disambiguation).

James Simpson
James Simpson
Born	1799
Died	1869
Nationality	British
Work
Engineering discipline	civil engineer
Institution memberships	Institution of Civil Engineers (president) Fellow of the Royal Society

James Simpson (1799–1869) was a British civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from January 1853 to January 1855.^[1]

James Simpson was the fourth son of Thomas Simpson, engineer of the Chelsea Waterworks. James succeeded his father in both this post and that of engineer of the Lambeth Waterworks Company. It was under Simpson's instruction that the Chelsea Waterworks became the first in the country to install a slow sand filtration system to purify the water they were drawing from the River Thames.^[2] This filter consisted of successive beds of loose brick, gravel and sand to remove solids from the water.^[3]

He also designed waterworks at Windsor Castle and Bristol as well as The Wooden Pier at Southend on Sea.^[4]

References

^ Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, London: Thomas Telford Ltd, p. 251, ISBN 0-727-70392-7
^ Brief History of the Chelsea Waterworks accessed on December 1, 2007
^ Hendricks, David (2005). Water Treatment Unit Processes: Physical and Chemical. CRC Press, p665. ISBN 0824706951.
^ The Great Sheffield Flood

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by James Meadows Rendel	President of the Institution of Civil Engineers December 1853 – December 1855	Succeeded by Robert Stephenson

Persondata
Name	Simpson, James
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Date of birth	1799
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Date of death	1869
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