Edward Snell (engineer)

Edward Snell
Edward Snell in his later years
Born27 November 1820
Barnstaple, Devon
Died13 March 1880(1880-03-13) (aged 59)
Saltash, Cornwall
NationalityEnglish
OccupationEngineer
SpouseCharlotte Elizabeth Bayley (married Geelong 23 June 1853)
ChildrenEmily Charlotte, born March 1854, Little Scotland, Geelong, Victoria; died 10 April 1854, Newtown, Geelong; buried Eastern Cemetery, Geelong;[1]

George Stothert SNELL, born 11 July 1855, Newtown, Geelong; baptised 2 September 1855, St Paul's Church of England, Geelong; Edward Lisle SNELL, born 29 November 1856, Newtown, Geelong; baptised 30 December 1856, St Paul's Church of England, Geelong; Henry Bayley SNELL, born December quarter 1858, Richmond, Yorkshire, England; Arthur Bartrum SNELL, born March quarter 1860, Saltash, Cornwall, England; Charles Scott SNELL, born September quarter 1862, Saltash, Cornwall, England; Alfred Cannan SNELL, born December quarter 1863, Saltash, Cornwall, England; Kate Emily SNELL, born 3 May 1865, Saltash, Cornwall, England; married Harold William READ, 1893, St Germans, Cornwall; Frederick Allibon SNELL, born March quarter 1868, Saltash, Cornwall, England;

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Parent(s)Edward Snell and Elizabeth, née Stothert
Engineering career
Disciplinecivil engineer
Practice nameSnell & Kawerau; Snell and Prowse
ProjectsGeelong Melbourne railway line Victoria

Edward Snell (1820–1880) was a diarist, artist, civil engineer and surveyor, responsible for the design of the Geelong – Melbourne Railway for the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company.

  1. ^ Suzie Zada, Genealogical Society of Victoria
  2. ^ Snell, Charles Scott (1950), Memo[randum] re Edward Snell, Engineer of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway, 1850s, retrieved 27 March 2014
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cattell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).