William Hemingway Mills
Chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland
About William Hemingway Mills
Lived 1834 – 1918 (aged 83–84). William Hemingway Mills was a civil engineer.
William Hemingway Mills (1834-1918) was a British civil engineer known for his work with the Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNR(I)) from its formation in 1876 until his retirement in 1910.
Life Mills was born in Yorkshire, England in 1834.
He came under the instruction of the William Henry Barlow from 1850. Mills undertook work in Scotland, Andalusia and Mexico before becoming Chief Engineer of the GNR(I) from its formation in 1876.
Mills was to introduce a polychromatic brick style to many buildings in his designs for the GNR(I).
He was to work at the GNR(I) until his retirement in 1910 in his mid–70s. Mills died at his home in Glenageary, County Dublin on 12 January 1918, aged 83.
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chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland
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William Hemingway Mills was born in 1834 in Yorkshire.
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William Hemingway Mills died on 12 January 1918 in County Dublin, Glenageary.
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William Hemingway Mills was a civil engineer.
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