Arthur Brown (engineer)

Victoria Embankment, Nottingham, 1898

Tramway depot, Bunbury Street, Nottingham, now bus garage, 1901

Former power station on St Ann's Well Road (1901-02), now Depot Climbing Nottingham

Arthur Brown M.Inst. C.E. (21 November 1851 - 13 April 1935)^[1] was City Engineer for Nottingham, England from 1880^[2] to 1919.

Life

He was born on 21 November 1851 in Nottingham, the son of George Hutchinson Brown a Nottingham merchant. He was educated at Nottingham Grammar School.

On 13 March 1877 at All Saints' Church, Nottingham he married Caroline Goodwin (1854-1919), only daughter of T.A. Goodwin of Nottingham, and they had the following children:

• Lieutenant Arthur Goodwin Brown M.T., A.S.C. (1878-1947)
• Lieutenant Ernest Victor Brown R.G.A. (b.1880)
• Ethel Carrie Brown (b. 1883)
• Winifred M. Brown (1888-1918) (drowned in the sinking of a ship)^[3]

For many years he lived in Glenthorne, Lucknow Avenue, Nottingham. He died on 13 April 1935 and left an estate valued at £43,626 (equivalent to £3,825,200 in 2023).^[4]

Career

He was articled to the Borough Engineer Marriott Ogle Tarbotton becoming Assistant Borough Engineer in 1874, and succeeded to the role himself in 1880. He retired in 1919.^[5]

Works

• Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham 1882-83^[6]
• Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham 1882-83^[6]
• Radford Boulevard, Nottingham 1882-83^[6]
• Beck Valley storm water culvert, St Ann's Well Road, Nottingham 1882-83^[6]
• St Peter's Gate churchyard disinterments and improvements 1884^[6]
• Cattle Market, London Road, Nottingham 1885^[6]
• King Street and Queen Street, Nottingham 1890^[6]
• Victoria Park, Nottingham 1894
• Sneinton Baths, Nottingham 1895^[6]
• Victoria Embankment, Nottingham 1898^[6]
• Construction works for Nottingham Corporation Tramways 1900 onwards^[6]
• Talbot Street power station extension 1900^[6]
• St Ann's Well Road power station 1901-02^[6] and extension 1919^[7]
• Carrington Street bridge,^[6] 1904
• Stoke and Bulcote Sewage Farm extension^[6]
• Bridge over the Nottingham Canal, Trent Street^[6]
• Bridge over the Nottingham Canal, Wilford Street^[6]
• Milton Street, Nottingham (widening)^[6]
• Bath Street, Nottingham (widening)^[6]
• Manvers Street, Nottingham (widening)^[6]
• Bulwell Forest Cricket Ground
• Lenton recreation ground
• Wilford Suspension Bridge Nottingham 1906^[8]
• Street works depot, Church Street, Basford 1907-08
• Goose Gate, Nottingham, (widening) 1911
• Carlton Road, Nottingham (widening between Thorneywood Lane and the city boundary) 1913^[9]

References

1. "Mr. Arthur Brown". Nottingham Journal. England. 15 April 1935. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Briscoe, John Potter; Pike, William Thomas (1901). Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. W.T. Pike and Company.
3. "Tragic fate of a Nottm. Nurse". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 4 January 1918. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
5. "Mr. Arthur Brown". Nottingham Journal. England. 9 September 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "The Maker of Modern Nottingham". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 March 1908. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "New Power Plant". Nottingham Journal. England. 16 July 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. Elain Harwood (2008). Nottingham: city guides. Pevsner architectural guides. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12666-2.
9. "Tenders. City of Nottingham". Nottingham Journal. England. 17 May 1913. Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.