About Alfred Burges
Lived 1796 – 1886 (aged 89–90). Alfred Burges was an English and British civil engineer and engineer.
Alfred Burges (1796–1886) was a British civil engineer. He was apprenticed to the civil engineer James Walker, and in turn trained several other engineers including Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
Walker and Burges were responsible for railways, bridges and many marine works, including 21 lighthouses, Surrey Commercial Docks, the Junction Dock at Hull, and the Bedford Levels. Their firm is noted in many documents as Messrs. Walker & Burgess, engineers of Limehouse, with his last name being almost always spelt in this way.
He died at Worthing on 12 March 1886, and is buried at West Norwood Cemetery. He left a fortune of £113,000.(£ in adjusted for inflation)
His son William (1827–1881) was an influential architect.
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British civil engineer
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Alfred Burges was born in 1796.
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Alfred Burges died in 1886.
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Alfred Burges was a civil engineer and engineer.
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Alfred Burges was English and British.
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