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Also sometimes referred to as LLOYD-DAVIES, David Ernest. Born in Liverpool, UK. Studied as a civil engineer at the University of Birmingham and during 1893-1896 completed an apprenticeship under the borough engineer of Wolverhampton, near Birmingham. For the next five years he worked on large sewerage and water schemes as assistant to a civil engineer at Wolverhampton. In 1901 he was appointed as chief assistant engineer to the corporation of Birmingham. In 1906 Lloyd Davies became chief engineer of Alexandria, Egypt. He Emigrated in 1914 to the Cape where he was appointed as the first City Engineer of greater Cape Town. He held this post until 1931, when he resigned as a result of poor health. His main works in Cape Town include his contribution, as a member of the city's Board of Engineers, to the construction of the Steenbras Water Works and other schemes to augment the water supply of Cape Town (with WA Tait, T STEWART and FE KANTHACK). Another major project was described in his report on the main drainage of the southern suburbs (1915, with additions in 1918). He also wrote a pamphlet on 'The road transport problem in South Africa' (1924). Lloyd Davies was elected an associate member of the (British) Institution of Civil Engineers in April 1901 and became a full member in January 1909. From 1927 to 1930 he served as a member of the institution's council resident in South Africa. (AB&E Dec 1932:15; AB&E Mar 1933:9; ISAA mem list; SAAR Apr 1933:84 death notice) Publ: Housing and town-planning problems in South Africa. (A paper prepared for the meeting of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers, African District, held at Johannesburg on June 6, 1921), Jnl Inst Municipal Engineers, 24 Sep 1921:185-90.All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. List of projects With photographs With notes
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