Eugenius Birch
Eugenius Birch (born June 20, 1818 in Gloucester Terrace , Shoreditch , † January 8, 1884 in Laurieston Lodge , West End , Hampstead) was a British architect and engineer .
Life
Among other things, he constructed fourteen important piers in England. He had a patent for a special type of pile foundation. Among other things, he used metal products from the Laidlaw family to furnish the piers in Victorian style.
Works

Photochromic print of Plymouth Pier (around 1890-1900)
Among other things, Birch created:
- Deal Pier (1855)
- Margate Pier (1855)
- North Pier , Blackpool (1863)
- West Pier , Brighton (1863)
- Aberystwyth Royal Pier (1865)
- Lytham Pier , LancBrashire (1865)
- Birnbeck Pier , Weston-super-Mare (1867)
- Brighton Aquarium (1869 and 1872)
- Scarborough Pier (1869)
- Eastbourne Pier (1872)
- Hastings Pier (1872)
- Hornsea Pier , North Humberside (1879)
- Plymouth Pier (1884)
- Bournemouth Pier , Boscombe, (1888)
Individual evidence
- ^ John R. Lloyd, revised by Mike Chrimes: Birch, Eugenius (1818-1884). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com ), as of 2004-09-23, accessed August 24, 2019.
- ↑ eastlondonhistory.com
- ↑ historyanorak.co.uk ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ glasgownecropolis.org
- ↑ campbellmgold.com (PDF)
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SURNAME | Birch, Eugenius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British architect and engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gloucester Terrace , Shoreditch |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1884 |
Place of death | Laurieston Lodge , West End , Hampstead |