John Henry Swainson
John Henry Swainson (1858- )
1922 Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., M.R.San.I., Harbour, Railway, Waterworks and Sanitary Engineer, 1, Hill Street, Wrexham; b. 1858; s. of Edward Swainson, cotton manufacturer, Preston, Lancs. Ed. Preston Grammar School; Windermere College; and Uppingham School. Served articles to Garlick, Park and Sykes, architects, surveyors and civil engineers (Edward Garlick, Borough Engineer and Engineer to River Ribble Navigation Board, Preston). 879-83—Assistant to the late Henry Littler, architect and surveyor, Bow Chambers, Cross Street, Manchester. 1883-5—Assistant to Charles Napier Bell, M.Inst.C.E., New Zealand, on Lyttleton Harbour and Westport Harbour works, and on East to West Coast Railway. 1885-8—Resident Engineer in charge of Calliope Graving Dock, Auckland, New Zealand. Returned to England and, 1889-99, in private practice as Architect, Surveyor and Civil Engineer at Wrexham. 1899-1907—Managing Assistant to Grayson and Ould, architects, etc., Liverpool. In private practice since 1909 at Wrexham. Diocesan Surveyor for St. Asaph's Diocese, 1916 to date.