James William Butler
James William Butler (1827-1915)
1915 Obituary [1]
JAMES WILLIAM BUTLER, born at Chatham on the 20th May, 1827, died at Eltham, Kent, on the 28th January, 1915, aged 87.
Having gained practical experience under the late Mr. Brassey on railway works in the Midlands, he was employed successively on the Paris and Caen Railway, Leicester and Hitchin, and Salisbury and Yeovil Railways, North Metropolitan mid-level sewer, the Dunmow line, reclamation and wharf-construction at Wapping, the Powell Duffryn line, Garston dock entrance, and other contracts.
He relinquished active professional pursuits about 1880.
Mr. Butler was elected an Associate of the Institution on the 6th February, 1872.