This article is about the engineer. For the contractor, see William Cubitt (politician). For the officer born 1959, see William Cubitt (British Army officer). For the British Indian Army officer born 1835, see William George Cubitt.
Sir William Cubitt
Born
Dilham, Norfolk, England
Baptised
9 October 1785
Died
13 October 1861(1861-10-13) (aged 76)
Clapham Common, London, England
Children
4, including Joseph Cubitt
Engineering career
Discipline
Civil engineer, Millwright
Institutions
Institution of Civil Engineers (president)
Projects
The Crystal Palace Welwyn Viaduct
Significant design
Patent sails for windmills Prison treadwheels
Sir William Cubitt FRS (bapt. 9 October 1785[1] – 13 October 1861) was an English civil engineer and millwright. Born in Norfolk, England, he was employed in many of the great engineering undertakings of his time. He invented a type of windmill sail and the prison treadwheel, and was employed as chief engineer, at Ransomes of Ipswich, before moving to London. He worked on canals, docks, and railways, including the South Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway. He was the chief engineer of Crystal Palace erected at Hyde Park in 1851.
He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between 1850 and 1851.[2]
^Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
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Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, London: Thomas Telford Ltd, p. 251, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
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