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Nationality
  
English

Name
  
William Worthington


Role
  
Civil engineer

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Born
  
8 July 1854
Lancaster, Lancashire

Died
  
December 29, 1939, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Institution memberships
  
Institution of Civil Engineers

Education
  
University of London, Victoria University of Manchester

Engineering discipline
  
Civil Engineering

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William Barton Worthington (8 July 1854 – 29 December 1939) was a British civil engineer.

William Worthington was born in Lancaster to Samuel Barton Worthington, a railway engineer. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and then at the University of London. Following this he was apprenticed to his father. Upon completion of his apprenticeship he joined Blyth & Cunningham of Edinburgh working on projects for the Caledonian Railway.

In 1876 he became the resident engineer for the London and North Western Railway, working on the construction of Manchester Exchange Station. During this time he worked under the supervision of the Chief Engineer, William Baker. In 1890 he was appointed assistant engineer to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, becoming their chief engineer in 1897. He became chief engineer at Midland Railway in 1905, remaining there until his retirement in 1915.

He then set up practice as a consultant engineer and served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between 1921 and 1922.

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