Clark was at one time a mathematical master at Brook Green, then became a Surveyor in the west of England. In 1846 Clark went to London where he met Robert Stephenson, who appointed him Superintending engineer of the Britannia Bridge. Clark, in turn, appointed his brother Josiah Latimer Clark as his Assistant Engineer. When the Britannia Bridge opened on 5 March 1850, Clark published a book The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges (3 vols), and by August of that year he had moved on to become an Engineer with the Electric and International Telegraph Company, where he took out the first of several patents for telegraph apparatus; the London and North Western Railway used Clark's telegraph between London and Rugby from 1855.[4]
Stephenson bequeathed him £2000 which he used to build a telescope on top of his house in Honor Oak. He was also known for his astronomy.[5]
Thames Hydraulic Lift Graving DockEdit
In 1857 Clark became Engineer to the Thames Graving Dock Limited, for which he designed a graving dock in which the ships to be repaired were lifted from the water by hydraulic presses, based on his experience of lifting the tubular sections of Stephenson's Britannia and Conwytubular bridges over the Menai Strait. In 1866 he delivered a lecture on the subject to the Institution of Civil Engineers, after the lift had been successfully used for about seven years and had raised 1055 ships at a cost of £3 per ship.[6] He was awarded a Telford Medal for the lecture.[7]
Clark was an experienced Hydraulic Engineer with the firm of Clark, Stansfield & Clark, consulting engineers of Westminster, when he was called upon in 1870 by Edward Leader Williams to design a boat lift to raise boats 50 feet from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal.[8] Clark designed the original hydraulic structure opened in 1875, which was later replaced by a wire rope and pulley system from 1908 to 1983 before being returned to hydraulic operation in 2002.[9]
He went on to design other boat lifts in other European countries. In 1879, he presented a project to the Belgian government that included four of his lifts. This project received governmental approval in 1882, but it was 1917 before it was totally operational. When the canal was modernised in the 1960s, the original plan was to demolish the old installations and to redevelop the land. Local objections, and wishes to maintain the installations, were upheld after a long period and in 1988, the whole site of the Canal du Centre became a World Heritage Site. In 2007, the restoration work at all but one of the four Belgian Clark lifts was almost finished.[10]
LegacyEdit
Clark appears in the painting Conference of Engineers at the Menai Straits Preparatory to Floating one of the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge by John Lucas,[2] and is also remembered in the name of the public trip boat that operates on the Anderton Boat Lift.
^"1895MNRAS..55..190. Page 190". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 190. 1895. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..190.. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.4.190. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^ abNational Portrait Gallery. "NPG D10713 Conference of Engineers at the Menai Straits Preparatory to Floating one of the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge".
^Carden, David (2000). "Chapter 3". The Anderton Boat Lift. Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN0-9533028-6-5.
^Jones, Kevin P. "Civil engineers, Architects, etc". SteamIndex. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^"Annual report Session 1866-67", Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 26: 121, 1867
^Jim Shead. "Waterways Engineers and Surveyors – Edwin Clark".
edwin, clark, civil, engineer, edwin, clark, fras, january, 1814, october, 1894, english, civil, engineer, specialising, hydraulics, remembered, principally, designer, anderton, boat, lift, 1875, near, northwich, cheshire, which, links, navigable, stretch, riv. Edwin Clark FRAS 1 7 January 1814 22 October 1894 2 was an English Civil Engineer specialising in hydraulics He is remembered principally as the designer of the Anderton Boat Lift 1875 near Northwich in Cheshire which links the navigable stretch of the River Weaver with the Trent and Mersey Canal 3 Edwin ClarkBorn 1814 01 07 7 January 1814Great Marlow BuckinghamshireDied22 October 1894 1894 10 22 aged 80 Marlow Buckinghamshire EnglandKnown forMathematics master teacher Civil Engineer Hydraulic Engineer Electrical Engineer Astronomer Contents 1 Early life and work 2 Thames Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock 3 Clark s boat lifts 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and work EditClark was at one time a mathematical master at Brook Green then became a Surveyor in the west of England In 1846 Clark went to London where he met Robert Stephenson who appointed him Superintending engineer of the Britannia Bridge Clark in turn appointed his brother Josiah Latimer Clark as his Assistant Engineer When the Britannia Bridge opened on 5 March 1850 Clark published a book The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges 3 vols and by August of that year he had moved on to become an Engineer with the Electric and International Telegraph Company where he took out the first of several patents for telegraph apparatus the London and North Western Railway used Clark s telegraph between London and Rugby from 1855 4 Stephenson bequeathed him 2000 which he used to build a telescope on top of his house in Honor Oak He was also known for his astronomy 5 Thames Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock EditIn 1857 Clark became Engineer to the Thames Graving Dock Limited for which he designed a graving dock in which the ships to be repaired were lifted from the water by hydraulic presses based on his experience of lifting the tubular sections of Stephenson s Britannia and Conwy tubular bridges over the Menai Strait In 1866 he delivered a lecture on the subject to the Institution of Civil Engineers after the lift had been successfully used for about seven years and had raised 1055 ships at a cost of 3 per ship 6 He was awarded a Telford Medal for the lecture 7 Clark s boat lifts Edit nbsp Edwin Clark s best known achievement in the UK the Anderton Boat Lift nbsp Lift at Strepy Bracquegnies Belgium one of a series of four World Heritage Clark liftsClark was an experienced Hydraulic Engineer with the firm of Clark Stansfield amp Clark consulting engineers of Westminster when he was called upon in 1870 by Edward Leader Williams to design a boat lift to raise boats 50 feet from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal 8 Clark designed the original hydraulic structure opened in 1875 which was later replaced by a wire rope and pulley system from 1908 to 1983 before being returned to hydraulic operation in 2002 9 He went on to design other boat lifts in other European countries In 1879 he presented a project to the Belgian government that included four of his lifts This project received governmental approval in 1882 but it was 1917 before it was totally operational When the canal was modernised in the 1960s the original plan was to demolish the old installations and to redevelop the land Local objections and wishes to maintain the installations were upheld after a long period and in 1988 the whole site of the Canal du Centre became a World Heritage Site In 2007 the restoration work at all but one of the four Belgian Clark lifts was almost finished 10 Legacy EditClark appears in the painting Conference of Engineers at the Menai Straits Preparatory to Floating one of the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge by John Lucas 2 and is also remembered in the name of the public trip boat that operates on the Anderton Boat Lift See also Edit nbsp United Kingdom portal nbsp Transport portalCanals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal systemReferences Edit 1895MNRAS 55 190 Page 190 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 55 190 1895 Bibcode 1895MNRAS 55 190 doi 10 1093 mnras 55 4 190 Retrieved 5 February 2017 a b National Portrait Gallery NPG D10713 Conference of Engineers at the Menai Straits Preparatory to Floating one of the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge Carden David 2000 Chapter 3 The Anderton Boat Lift Black Dwarf Publications ISBN 0 9533028 6 5 Jones Kevin P Civil engineers Architects etc SteamIndex Retrieved 26 March 2009 Coleson s coppice Sydenham Town Forum The International Canal Monuments List PDF Archived from the original PDF on 10 August 2013 Retrieved 13 March 2012 Annual report Session 1866 67 Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Great Britain 26 121 1867 Jim Shead Waterways Engineers and Surveyors Edwin Clark British Waterways Anderton Boat Lift resource pack PDF Michel Maigre Site of the Canal du Centre Canal du centre be Archived from the original on 7 November 2008 Retrieved 31 July 2012 External links EditScientist of the Day Edwin Clark at Linda Hall Library 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