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Edward Alfred Cowper

10/12/2022

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Edward Alfred Cowper was born On This Day 10 December 1819.

A mechanical engineer who lived at "The Ferns" Leigham Avenue.


Cowper designed the wrought-iron and glass roof of Birmingham New Street Station, which was then the largest single-span roof in the world at 211 feet (64.31m) wide.

In 1857, he invented the regenerative hot blast stove known as the Cowper Stove which greatly improved the economy of the hot blast process in the making of steel
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Cowper took part in founding the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He was a founding member of the Institution in 1847 and in the following year was elected a member of the council. In 1880-81 he served the office of President
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Liz Wright
8/4/2025 02:18:16 am

Hello,thank you for all your good work uncovering the connections between Leigham Avenue and Edward Cowper. I'm researching a relative, John Pember, who had also lived in Leigham Avenue from 1863 and was a neighbour of Edward Cowper's when the 1871 census was taken. I did see in the census that Edward Cowper wasn't living at 'the Ferns' John St Leger Stevens was - perhaps an error in the census? I'd love to know if you have any maps or images of Leigham Avenue, I'm having trouble pinpointing where the various houses were. many thanks again for your great work. Liz.

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Mark Bery
25/4/2025 04:04:47 pm

Liz- could you email me at [email protected] so that I can email you information from John Brown- thanks

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