Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Evans Blackwell
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:41, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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Thomas Evans Blackwell
Thomas Evans Blackwell
- ... that Thomas Evans Blackwell (pictured) was, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the first hydraulic engineer in England? Source: "[Charles Blackwell's] father, Thomas Evans Blackwell, was the first Hydraulic Engineer in England..." "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers". American Society of Civil Engineers. 59: 553. 1907. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
Created by MIDI (talk). Self-nominated at 20:41, 1 November 2019 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, well referenced, with no close paraphrasing from the sources I can access. The hook is interesting and cited to a reliable source; I can't access the relevant Google Books page so thanks for supplying the quote. QPQ is done. Nice work. 97198 (talk) 06:39, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
