SUMNER, Frank(1865-1914)

Local Government

SUMNER, Frank(17May 1865-22Dec 1914)
Civil Engineer


Employed by Woolwich Borough (Previously Plumstead Vestry) 1899 to 1905

1901census 18 Wrottesley Road, Plumstead.
1911census 33Highland Road, Bromley 

with his wife Elizabeth nee CHADWICK =(1894sep)=
Children;  EdithM; FrancisCyril; GuyChadwick; ElizabethChadwick; MargaretMary;

Constructed 20 miles of sewers, 8 miles of streets,
Prepared plans for and supervised the erection of a combined electric light station-and refuse destructor at Plumstead, with well and hydraulic machinery for making clinker bricks and flags.

Prepared plans for a new Library at Plumstead.
Prepared plans for Public- baths and wash houses at Plumstead, also a coroners court and mortuary.
Prepared plans for widening Well -Hall Road from Eltham to Shooters Hill to 60 feet, paving for Tramway
Street improvements
£30,000, Certifies annually general work.
Controlling 600 men,
Passes plans for 1,500 buildings per year.
 
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