For other persons of the same name, see James Simpson.
James Simpson was a British civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from January 1853 to January 1855.[1] James Simpson was the fourth son of Thomas Simpson, engineer of the Chelsea Waterworks. James succeeded his father in both this post and that of engineer of the Lambeth Water Company. It was under Simpson's instruction that the Chelsea Waterworks became the first in the country to install a slow sand filtration system to purify the water they were drawing from the River Thames [2]. This filter consisted of successive beds of loose brick, gravel and sand to remove solids from the water. [3]
References
- ^ Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, London: Thomas Telford, ISBN 0-727-70392-7
- ^ Brief History of the Chelsea Waterworks accessed on december 1 2007
- ^ Hendricks, David (2005). Water Treatment Unit Processes: Physical and Chemical. CRC Press, p665. ISBN 0824706951.
