- Alexander Binnie
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name = Editing Alexander Binnie
nationality = English
birth_date = 1839
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death_date = 1917
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discipline = Civil,
institutions =Institution of Civil Engineers (president),
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significant_projects =Blackwall Tunnel ,Greenwich foot tunnel ,Vauxhall Bridge
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significant_awards = Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (1839-1917) was acivil engineer responsible for several major engineering projects, including several associated with crossings of the RiverThames inLondon .As chief engineer for the London City Council, his design feats included the first
Blackwall Tunnel (1897) andGreenwich foot tunnel (1902) (both inGreenwich, London ) and, further upstream,Vauxhall Bridge (1906).By then knighted by Queen Victoria for services to engineering, he was elected President of the
Institution of Civil Engineers in 1905.Citation | first = Garth | last = Watson| title = The Civils | publisher = London: Thomas Telford Ltd | page = 252
year = 1988 | isbn = 0-727-70392-7]He also designed, with Sir
Benjamin Baker , major parts of London's drainage system, including east Londonsewage treatment works atCrossness andBarking on the south and north sides of the Thames respectively (these were sited at the ends of the sewer outfalls created by SirJoseph Bazalgette during the late 19th century). Further afield, he also designed water works inBradford ,West Yorkshire .Like several other notable engineers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (eg: Sir
William Halcrow , SirAlexander Gibb ), Binnie founded a firm under his name, which his son William took over on his father's retirement. in 1909 Sir Alexander Binnie and Son merged with another engineering consultancy to become Sir Alexander Binnie, Son & Deacon; later it becameBinnie & Partners and from the 1990s it has been part of the multi-national Black & Veatch consultancy.References
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Guilford Lindsey Molesworth s-ttl|title=President of theInstitution of Civil Engineers
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NAME= Binnie, Editing Alexander
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Civil Engineer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1839
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