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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 14 January 2019 and 2 April 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ian0217. Peer reviewers: Ian0217.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 06:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: uncontested move. It seems to be spelled both ways on the internet. DrKiernan (talk) 17:30, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Thomas Pierson FrankThomas Peirson Frank – Spelling corrected – see rest of article Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS No. 1. 1945-46 NOVEMBER 1945 - not on internetBrian 2014 (talk) 12:24, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Article Evaluation and Possible Improvements

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Hello All,

The following are some possible improvements to this article, with appropriate references below:

  • To include at the beginning of the third paragraph:

In 1930, Frank was selected for the post of City Engineer and County Surveyor to the London County Council, and for nine years, his role included drainage and sewage improvements, housing developments, and bridge construction such as the demolition and reconstruction of the Waterloo Bridge.[1]

  • To include the name of the rapid response team in the third paragraph:

He is credited with having organized and put to action "rapid response" teams, called the Thames Flood Prevention Emergency Repairs unit[2] who...

  1. https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/iicep.1952.10946
  2. https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/marine-civils/marine-civils/the-civil-engineer-who-saved-london Maritime Journal | The civil engineer who saved London

Ian0217 (talk) 01:32, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]