George Deacon (civil engineer)

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name = George Deacon

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NAME=Deacon, George
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=English Civil Engineer
DATE OF BIRTH=July 26, 1843
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DATE OF DEATH=June 17, 1909
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George Frederick Deacon (Birth date|1843|7|26 - Death date|1909|6|17) was an English Civil Engineer. He was a pupil and lifelong friend of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. He was both borough engineer and water engineer to Liverpool from 1871 to 1880, and water engineer to the city from 1880 to 1890. During this latter period jointly with Thomas Hawksley he designed the Lake Vyrnwy scheme to supply Liverpool's water. In 1890 he established a consultancy in Westminster which designed waterworks for many UK towns. This merged with another firm to become Alexander Binnie & Sons, Deacon.

Amongst his inventions were the Deacon waste-water meter to locate water leakage, [cite web
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At the time of his death he was working on a scheme to provide water to Birkenhead from the River Alwen.

References

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last = W. F. Spear, rev. Anita McConnell
editor = Brian Harrison
title = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032759
accessdate = 2007-09-12
publisher = Oxford University Press
isbn = 9780198614111
doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/32759