Ernest William Moir

Sir Ernest William Moir in 1917

Sir Ernest William Moir (9 June 1862 – 14 June 1933) was a British civil engineer and the first Moir baronet. He is credited with inventing the first medical airlock[1][2] while working on the Hudson River Tunnel in New York in 1889.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bends was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Davidson, G.; Howard, A.; Jacobs, L.; Pintabona, R.; Zernich, B. (2014). North American Tunneling: 2014 Proceedings. Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Incorporated (SME). p. 148. ISBN 978-0-87335-400-4.