Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Clark, Standfield and Clark

From Graces Guide
1879.
1888. Hydraulic canal lift, La Louviere.

Engineers, of London.

Partners: Edwin Clark, his brother Latimer Clark, and John Standfield.

1889 Engineers. The Fontinettes Hydraulic Canal Lift, Neuffose Canal. Contructed by Cail and Co.[1]

Canal du Centre Lifts (Belgium): The La Louvière Boat Lift was opened in 1888, with three other lifts of 16.93m rise opening in 1917. The first lift was designed by M. P. Nolet, an engineer at the Société Cockerill, Seraing, employed by Clark, Standfield and Clark. The framework of this lift was lattice girders rather than the masonry of Les Fontinettes.[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer of 15th Feb 1889 p134 & p136
  2. [1] The International Canal Monuments List