Harry Townsend
Harry Townsend (1852- )
1922 M.Inst.C.E., Gas Engineer, St. John's Villa, Wakefield. T. A.: "Gasworks, Wakefield." T. N.: 442 Wakefield. b.1852; second s. of the late William John Townsend; m. Esther Caroline Stalberg (now deceased ). Ed. Great Yarmouth Grammar School. Articled to W. H. Willis, late Engineer of the Great Yarmouth Gas Co. 1876 — Draughtsman to the Crystal Palace Gas Co. 1876-80 — Engineer and Manager, Waltham and Cheshunt Gas Co. 1880-4 — Manager of Thornton Road Gas Works, Bradford, Yorks. 1884-90 — Engineer and Manager, Dewsbury Corporation Gas Works, and Manager of the Waterworks. 1890-5 — Engineer and Manager, Plymouth Gas Co. Since 1895 — Engineer and Manager, Wakefield Gaslight Co., and now Managing Director. Chief Works: Extensions to Crystal Palace Gas Works; remodelling of the Waltham Abbey Gas Works; erection of new works costing xxx,000 for the Plymouth Gas Co.; remodelling of the Wakefield Gaslight Company's works. Gold Medallist of the Institution of Gas Engineers. President of the Manchester District Institution of Gas Engineers; Member of Council, the Institution of Gas Engineers; Member of Council, the British Commercial Gas Association; Member of Council, the National Gas Council; Member of Council,, the National Committee of Gas Employers.