Ernest Collins
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Ernest Collins (1851 – 20 April 1914) was a British water supply engineer.
He was born in Harefield, Middlesex the son of the Rev. R. C. W. Collins, then Vicar of Harefield and educated at Aldenham and Neuchatel.[1]
After serving his articles to Messrs. Ruston, Proctor and Company, of Lincoln, he took a post with Hopkins, Gilkes & Company. In 1880 he joined the staff of the New River Company, which provided a supply of clean water to London via an artificial waterway. He was their chief engineer when the company was transferred to the Metropolitan Water Board and in 1905 was appointed Engineer of the New River District, a position he held until his retirement in 1911. He was elected a Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E) in 1892.[2]
He introduced the almost universally adopted system of testing and stamping water fittings.[1]
He was also Chairman of Council of the Hampstead General Hospital.
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- ^ a b "Category:Ernest Collins (engineer)". Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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