About Alexander Angus Croll
Lived 1811 – 1887 (aged 75–76). Alexander Angus Croll was a civil engineer.
Alexander Angus Croll (1811-1887) was a British civil engineer who patented a method of purifying town gas of ammonia. He was Sheriff of the City of London.
He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery.
Granard Park Croll was the owner of Granard Park (or Lodge) Putney Park Lane, Roehampton. In 1872, The Building News and Engineering Journal recorded that architect W. Allen Dixon was acting for "Colonel" Croll in alterations to Granard Park and the construction of a new church in its grounds. The church was originally a Baptist chapel but it later became the Anglican church of St Margaret, Putney Park Lane.
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Who was Alexander Angus Croll?
British civil engineer
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Alexander Angus Croll was born in 1811.
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Alexander Angus Croll died in 1887.
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Alexander Angus Croll was a civil engineer.
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