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170 years ago Robert S. Lindley was born
Katrin Lindley from Cologne
Katrin Lindley from Cologne sends her Christmas wishes
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Pod koniec marca 2009 roku w Muzeum Warszawskiego Przedsiębiorstwa Geodezyjnego miała miejsce ważna wystawa varsavianistyczna pt. „Hoppe, Lindley, WPG, kartografia warszawska 1641-2009”. Wystawę zorganizowało Warszawskie Przedsiębiorstwo Geodezyjne Spółka Akcyjna (WPG SA) przy współpracy Archiwum Państwowego m.st. Warszawy (APW). Kustoszem wystawy był Paweł Weszpiński, który opiekuje się kartografią a w szczególności tzw. planami Lindleyowskimi w APW.
Podtytuł: „Wystawa w 150. rocznicę urodzin Josepha Lindleya”, wiąże się z najmłodszym z Lindleyów, Wystawa przypomni raz jeszcze, że wodociągi i kanalizację, a także nowoczesny pomiar Warszawy zawdzięczamy rodzinnej firmie angielskich inżynierów cywilnych, ojca Williama Lindleya (1808-1900), synów Sir Williama Heerleina Lindleya (1853-1917), Roberta Searlsa (1854 – 1925) i Josepha (1859-1906).
Fot. P. Weszpiński (pierwszy od prawej)
"Hoppe, Lindley, WPG, kartografia warszawska 1641-2009, Muzeum Warszawskiego Przedsiębiorstwa Geodezyjnego, Warszawa marzec-maj 2009. Kustosz wystawy: Paweł Weszpiński. Wstęp do katalogu: Ryszard Żelichowski.
William Lindley's second son, Robert (Bob) Searles, was born on January 28,
1854 in Hamburg.His
father had similar hopes for him as for elder brother William Heerlein.He
was convinced that this profession could provide them with good financial
security for the future and allow them to live a prosperous life. Father William Lindley sent him, like his other sons,
to an English school. In 1880, at the age of 16, as wascustomary,
he was employed in the family business.It is
known that he was in Warsaw this year together with William Heerlein, where he
had the best impression of the meeting with President Sokrates Starynkiewicz.
The chance to obtain a contract caused William Heerlein to prepare his younger brother Robert to become his representative in Warsaw.Robert worked on the preliminary design of water and sewage systems together with his father and brother.It was on his shoulders that contacts with President Starynkiewicz and negotiating the terms of employing local specialists rested.
As his future wife, Robert chose Sara Amalia Marie Ladenburg, three years
younger than himself, the daughter of a banker from Frankfurt am Main, coming
from a large family, partly of German and partly French descent.The
wedding took place in Frankfurt on January 10, 1882.
Robert S. Lindley and his wife Marie, 1881
As a representative of the family company, Robert resided in Warsaw in the years 1881–1888. Young couple felt great in this city.“We like the climate here very much.I am pleased to say that Marie is feeling as well as possible.We went out for a visit in the evening and danced waltzes for two hours," Robert wrote to his father about his pregnant wife.Robert and Marie chose the elegant Smolna Street as their new residence.
William Heerlein assigned the English engineer Wood to help Robert."As proof of the technical talent of both these engineers, I can boldly point to the structures they have already partially completed in Warsaw, despite the great difficulties encountered (...) finally, I must draw attention to the fact that both of my assistants have a quality whose importance should berecognized not only by me, but also by people to whom the affairs of Warsaw are no stranger, and this is conscientiousness in the full sense of the word, beyond any doubt (...)" - he justified his choice.In fact, the works began already in 1882. For Robert, a period of real challenge began, launching further tenders, subsequent stages of work and other activities.
On December 7, 1888, Robert finally left Warsaw.First
he went to Hamburg and then to Frankfurt am Main.Ultimately,
he chose the town of Blackheath near London as his new home.About
1897 Robert S. Lindley moved to Godstone Place, Surrey, where he purchased a
house and farm on the outskirts of the village.
Home in Godstone
Robert S. Lindley with Marie and son Edward in the carriage
Wife Amalia Marie Ladenburg died in Godstone on March 10, 1925, July 9 of the same year, at the age of seventy-two years, passed away Robert S. Lindley.
As his grandson Robert Egerton wrote: “he lost the will to continue living, blaming himself and fate for the lack of a means of transport that could have taken her to the nearest hospital and perhaps saved her.The efforts of my mother, who took him with her to Italy to regain balance there, were in vain." Of the five children, four survived: two sons and two daughters. Three of them were born in Warsaw.
Katrin Lindley from Cologne sends her Christmas wishes
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Katrin Lindley, a descendant of Joseph Lindley, graphic designer and author of children's books, whose professional life is connected with Cologne, a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in West Germany, sends us her Christmas wishes:
"To commemorate the commencement of the construction of the sewage
system of the city of Warsaw on 20 August 1883, according to the design and
under the direction of engineer W. Lindley and his sons, this stone was laid by
the acting mayor of the city, general lieutenant Starynkiewicz."
A marble plaque with this inscription was embedded in the wall of
the "A" sewer (collector) near the viaduct built in 1959 over the
perimeter line on the axis of Julian Marchlewski Street, now Jana Pawła II. Currently, this plaque
is in the Museum of Waterworks and Sewerage located at the Water Treatment
Station "Filtry", at Koszykowa 81.
The Polish -language plaque has traces of damage from World War II.