George Hurwood (1798 - 1864) was an English engineer active in Ipswich, Suffolk. He played a major role in the installation and development of Ipswich Docks.
He was the son of William Hurwood, a millwright based in Ballingdon, near Sudbury.[1][2] After an apprenticeship with his uncle, Samuel Wright, also a millwright, but based in Ipswich, George developed a broad range of skills. These he further developed through devoting much of his spare time to making working models of various machines including a model steam engine.[1]
In 1842 Hurwood succeeded Henry Robinson Palmer running Ipswich Dock, when Palmer relinquished the post following he completion of the dock in 1842.[3] In 1860 Hurwood gave a presentation about the River Orwell and the Port of Ipswich summarising the work of William Chapman and Palmer and subsequent developments following his appointment.[3]
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- ^ a b Hurwood, George (January 1861). "On the River Orwell and the Port of Ipswich" (PDF). Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 20 (1861): 4–13. doi:10.1680/imotp.1861.23436.