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 the 22nd of April 2015 in Blackheath (London Borough of Greenwich) was unveiled a plaque funded by English Heritage Blue Plaques, dedicated to William Lindley and his eldest son, William Heerlein.
In this way, we have completed long-lasting process to bring to the Pantheon of those with outstanding imerits for the British Empire, two engineers, natives of the County of Yorkshire, the pioneers of hygiene, who had worked most of their life in the three empires-Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian.
Konkurs „Ławeczka Lindley’a”
MPWiK ma pomysł na ławeczkę-pomnik, który stałby na warszawskim Podzamczu, na nowotworzonym skwerze miejskim.
MPWiK ma pomysł na ławeczkę-pomnik, który stałby na warszawskim Podzamczu, na nowotworzonym skwerze miejskim.
Projekt rzeźby naturalnej wielkości Williama Heerleina Lindleya zapatrzonego w fontannę (w bezpośrednim sąsiedztwie ławeczki) siedzącego na ławeczce (choć może niech on stoi oparty o te ławeczkę?). Ławeczka w skali 1:1 wpisana byłaby w ciąg ławek miejskich. Konkurs ogłoszony został 28 stycznia 2011 roku. JESTEŚMY ZA!!!
Może taka, jak ta w Łodzi (Biuro Budowy Wodociągów i Kanalizacji)?