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Sir William Arrol

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LONDON, Feb. 20.-Sir William Arrol, biggest of British bridge builders, is dead. He constructed the present bridge over the Tay and that crossing the Firth of Forth. He was made a knight in 1890 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Englneers. Sir William was born in 1839. He married Miss Elizabeth Patterson in 1864. In 1905, a year after his first wife's death, he wedded Miss Hodgart of Lockerbank, Ayrshire.

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Encyclopedia Titanica (2004) Sir William Arrol (New York Times, Friday 21st February 1913, ref: #3523, published 20 August 2004, generated 30th November 2024 06:12:31 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/sir-william-arrol.html