ORMSBY

Arthur Sydney (youngest son of rev. Owen Ormsby). b. Seatown house, Dundalk Feb. 1825; articled to George Halpin, engineer 1839–44; resident engineer on a portion of Midland great western line; an engineer in U.S. of America 1849–51; a istant colonial engineer Melbourne, Australia 1852; executive engineer public works department Calcutta 1858–61; experimented on the water supply to London 1861, proposing to collect the rain fall before it reached the ground, and to discriminate between the potable water and the water for ordinary purposes; constructed water works at Hill bottom, Berks.; author of A new idea for the water supply of towns 1867. d. London 24 Feb. 1887. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxxix 479–81 (1887).