George Deacon (civil engineer)
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George Deacon (civil engineer)
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George Frederick Deacon was an English civil engineer. A pupil and lifelong friend of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Deacon was Lord Kelvin's assistant on the SS Great Eastern cable-laying expedition. He was both borough engineer and water engineer to Liverpool from 1871 to 1880, and water engineer to the city from 1880 to 1890. During this latter period, jointly with Thomas Hawksley, he designed the Lake Vyrnwy scheme to supply Liverpool's water. Deacon was solely responsible for the design
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English civil engineer (1843–1909)
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2022-09-05T13:12:30Z
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