Person Yeoman; Thomas (1708 - 1781) Yeoman Thomas 1708 - 1781 British Male 1708 1708 Castle Street, Leicesterfields, London, England, United Kingdom 24 January 1781 17810124

Surveyor; Mechanical engineeer Career: Reported on Edward Cave's cotton mill in Northampton, 1742; erected the machinery for the world's first water powered cotton mill beginning operations on the banks of the River Nene at Northampton in 1743; surveyed the River Frome for the Stroudwater Canal schem in 1755. Earliest publicity ad fame from the construction of ventilators and machines for cleaning corn, and from 1743 a fruiend of Rev. Stephen Hales FRs, inventor of ventilators. Yeomasn involved in fitting ventilators into many institutions, such as Northampton General Hospital (17480, Northampton Gaol (1749), also gaols in Shrewsbury, Maidstone, Bedford and Aylesbury, and in various naval properties such as their Haslar Hospital and the prison at Porchester. Also into both houses fo Parliament and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. In charge of all ventilation arrangements aboard all naval ships, and was appointed Chief Marine Superintendent of the navy. Became involved with inland navigation, surveying the Frome and the River Ivel, the River Lea around Waltham Abbey, and the River Chelmer, the River Stour in Kent, and improving the port of Sandwich in 1765. In 1766 assisted John Smeaton in making a survey of the River Lea., and in 1767 with others he produced the first of four reports on the embankment of the Thames. Elected President of the Society of Civil Engineers in 1771. Surveyed again in 1774 for the Stroudwater Canal Commisisoners, and a third time in 1775 before giving evidence in Parliament. Fellow 12/01/1764 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP) References: T E Allibone, 'The Club of the Royal College of Physicians, the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and their Relationship to the Royal Society Club' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 186-192 Michael Handford 'The Stroudwater Canal' 1979, Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1708 - 24 Jan 1781 NA8315 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 4c94dd2b-7e3f-4d9d-ae4b-bd8ca9e038a3