William Hemingway Mills

William Hemingway Mills
Born	1834 Yorkshire
Died	12 January 1918 Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	British
Education	William Henry Barlow
Engineering career
Discipline	Civil engineering
Projects	Great Northern Railway of Ireland

Mill's polychromatic brickwork design for GNR(I) at Malahide station

William Hemingway Mills[a] (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.[1]

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.[1]

Mills was to introduce a polychromatic brick style to many buildings in his designs for the GNR(I).[2]

He was to work at the GNR(I) until his retirement in 1910 in his mid–70s.[1] Mills died at his home in Glenageary, County Dublin on 12 January 1918, aged c. 83.[1]

Literary works

• "The Craigellachie Viaduct (Including Plates)". Minutes of the Proceedings. 25 (1866): 229–236. 1866. doi:10.1680/imotp.1866.23188.
• Railway Construction. Longmans' civil engineering series (4 ed.). London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co. 1910 [1898]. OCLC 34905092. OL 7120556M.

Further reading

• Osgood, Siobhan (10 October 2018). "Railway Architecture: The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) at Dundalk". Industrial Archaeology Review. 40 (2): 117–126. doi:10.1080/03090728.2018.1519142. ISSN 1745-8196. S2CID 115514415.

References

Notes

1. Mills is referred to in some sources as William Henry Mills

Footnotes

1. IAA (2021), Biogragraphy.
2. Osgood (2020), summary.

Sources

• "Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940 — Mills, William Hemingway". Institute of Irish Architects. 2021. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
• Osgood, Siobhan (25 June 2020). "The Great Northern Railway – The Architecture of William Hemmingway Mills". Ulster Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 11 March 2021.