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
Executive Board of Societas Lindleiana
Of the three water suppliers in Warsaw, the Central Department of Water (Zakład Wodociągu Centralnego, or ZWC) is the oldest and largest. Built between 1883 and 1886, it has supplied water to the inhabitants of Warsaw since that time and continues to meet 50% of the capital’s water needs. Its technology today remains largely faithful to the original, and was first designed by William Lindley and his son William Lindley Heerleina; this design was enriched and improved in 1933 by the Department of Rapid Water Filters. The second wave of technology was launched in 1972, in which specially fired, moisture-resistant bricks were used.
The outbreak of WWII brutally interrupted the successful distribution of water
in the city, with the bombing of September 1939 and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944
causing massive damage, as the main buildings and their networks suffered a
direct attack. On September 22, 1944 Warsaw's water supply was completely cut
off, and was not restored again until May 29, 1945. The damage was worsened by
the fact that much of the water filtering machinery was stolen by the
retreating Germans, and so both reconstruction and replacement of equipment
took several years.
Currently, the ZWC uses an ultra-modern, fully equipped laboratory to test the
water at all stages of its treatment and supply. In addition to water quality
control continuously being performed by the laboratory, selected parameters are
constantly monitored by an on-line measuring device.
Hidden beauty of the clean water tanks
The filtering station has open days in July and August, and invites visitors to see the historic technology that has functioned for over 120 years. Visits must be pre-arranged, and are by invitation only; the booking office begins accepting requests in the last week of June, at which time ZWC security issues as many invitations as possible, based on one's preferred date, time and number of guests.
http://www.warsawtour.pl/en/tourist-attractions/lindley-water-filters-filtry-1962.html
This filtering station is the oldest and largest from water suppliers in Warsaw which supplied water to the inhabitants of Warsaw since a half of 19th century. In July and August, visitors are invited to see that historic technology.
ul. Koszykowa 81 (map)