The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is one of the world's most respected professional engineering institutions and has attracted some of history’s most famous and influential civil engineers Throughout 2018, ICE celebrated its 200th anniversary, and hosted number of activities to show how civil engineering has transformed people’s lives and is safeguarding the future for their families.
Five members of the Lindley family were members of this prestigious institution. William Lindley joined the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1842, William Heerlein joined ICE in 1878, Robert Searles in 1881 and Joseph Lindley in 1899. In the 20th century Marie Lindley, the last civil engineer in the family, became in 1953 Associated Member and in 1972 she was the second woman in history of ICE to receive full Fellowship.
Short history of ICE
From humble beginnings in 1818, a small group of young engineers met in a London coffee shop and founded ICE, the world’s first professional engineering body. ICE asked Thomas Telford to become its first President in 1820. His appointment not only gave ICE a major boost – he designed and built all types of infrastructure and brought many new members in – but also played a huge part in shaping the ICE of today.
Since then, ICE has become home to many of history's greatest engineers and 200 years later, has grown to more than 92,000 members in more than 150 countries around the world.
More to read: https://www.ice.org.uk/about-ice/our-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1
On May 22, 2020, in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, Lindley Association commemorates the 120th anniversary of the death of William Lindley, the designer of Warsaw's sewage system and waterworks.
W. Lindley died on May 22, 1900, in his own home at 74 Shooters Hill Road in
London's Blackheath. He was less than 92 years old. The cause of death was
general age-related health problems and heart failure. In the last
moments of his life, he was accompanied by his eldest son, Sir William
Heerlein Lindley, continuator of his father's works, and his sister Julia.
The funeral took place three days later. He was buried at Charlton Cemetery in
London's Greenwich.
The bas-relief depicting William Lindley on the front of the Indirect Ozonation and Activated Carbon Filtration Station at the Filter Station in Warsaw. Author Andrzej Krawczak (2010)
William Lindley Snr visited Warsaw only once, in
June 1876, at the invitation of Governor-General Paweł Kotzebue and the temporary
President of Warsaw, general Sokrates Starynkiewicz. After a few days of
exploration of the city, he agreed to draw up a sewage and water supply project for
Warsaw. The project was published in 1879 when William Lindley retired at the
age of 71.
The contract with the city to run this great municipal investment was signed by his son, William H. Lindley. In 1881-1917 he was the main engineer for the construction of sewage and water supply in our city.