Title
[... and specification, for] forming such Coffer Dams as may be wanted for the intended South Wall of the Dock Yard at Sheerness, and also ... for the South Wall, at the Camber at Powder Monkey Bay. [Watermarked 1808]
Reference
GOOD/E/03/09
Production date
1808 - 1808
Creator
- Board of AdmiraltyBiographyBiography
The Board of Admiralty was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. Its purpose was to enable management of the day-to-day operational requirements of the Royal Navy; at that point administrative control of the navy was still the responsibility of the Navy Board, established in 1546. This system remained in place until 1832, when the Board of Admiralty became the sole authority charged with both administrative and operational control of the navy when the Navy Board was abolished.
The Board of Admiralty existed until 1964 when the office of First Lord of the Admiralty was finally abolished and the functions of the Lords Commissioners were transferred to the new Admiralty Board and the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom as part of the Ministry of Defence.
Extent
3p on 1 leaf
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Associated people and organisations
- Goodrich, SimonBiographyBiography
(1773-1847), engineer and mechanician to the Navy Board
Goodrich was born on the 28th of October 1773 however little is known about his early life. In December 1796 he was appointed a draftsman to the mechanist in the office of Sir Samuel Bentham (1757–1831), inspector-general of naval works. Goodrich was chief assistant to Sir Samuel Bentham and he carried out the various schemes of improvement instigated by Bentham for the dockyards. Goodrich was also heavily involved in the introduction of steam power and the establishment at Portsmouth and other dockyards of mills for working wood and metal, the block-making machinery mills, mills for making cordage and rope, and the millwright's workshop.
The engineer Joshua Field was a pupil of Goodrich from 1803-1805. In April 1814 Goodrich was appointed engineer and mechanist to the Navy Board, and after Bentham left, he managed the engineering works of the dockyards, and acted as a consultant to the Navy Board on engineering matters. This entailed residence at Portsmouth, until his retirement in 1831.
Goodrich was elected a corresponding member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in December 1820, and transferred to membership in December 1837. Goodrich moved to Lisbon in 1834 and died there on 3 September 1847, his importance unrecognized by an obituary.
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