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1999: former logo incorporated phi, the 21st Greek alphabet letter.. The history of the institution can be traced to 6 August 1835 when civil engineers met in Dublin; the result was the Civil Engineers Society of Ireland, in 1844 the society adopted the name the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (ICEI).
William Dargan MRDS (28 February 1799 – 7 February 1867) was arguably the most important Irish engineer of the 19th century and certainly the most important figure in railway construction. [1] Dargan designed and built Ireland's first railway line from Dublin to Dún Laoghaire in 1833. In total he constructed over 1,300 km (800 miles) of ...
William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 – July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California.
Charles Gerald McNamara (born 1900) was an Irish engineer active throughout mid-twentieth-century Ireland.He was the eldest son of T.F. McNamara.. Educated at the University School and Belvedere College, Dublin, he began his career with his younger brother N.P. McNamara at his father's practice.
Classification: People: By occupation: Engineers: By nationality: Irish Also: Ireland : People : By occupation : Engineers This category lists engineers who originated from Ireland or spent a notable part of their careers in Ireland.
Robert Manning. Robert Manning (22 October 1816 – 9 December 1897) was an Irish hydraulic engineer best known for creation of the Manning formula.. Manning was born in Normandy, France, the son of a soldier who had fought the previous year at the Battle of Waterloo.
Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy (28 May 1864 – 12 October 1934) was an Irish civil engineer who became city engineer for the city of San Francisco during the early twentieth century and developed both the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) and the Hetch Hetchy water system.
Laurence J. Kettle. Laurence Joseph Kettle D.Sc. (27 February 1878 – 27 August 1960) was a key figure in the industrial and scientific advancement of early twentieth-century Ireland, serving as Chief Engineer of the Dublin Corporation, [1] before being elected as President of The Institution of Civil Engineers and becoming the first chairman of the Industrial Research Committee.