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HASSARD, RICHARD
- Born: 1820 Died: 1913
Engineer. Richard Hassard was born on 11 December 1820, the eldest surviving son of John Hassard, DL, of Bawnboy House, Co. Cavan, and his wife Charlotte, daughter of Robert Deey.(1) He was educated at Mount Radford School, Exeter, and then entered the engineering profession. He was engineer to the Londonderry & Enniskillen and Londonderry & Coleraine railways in 1849,(2) and in 1850 and 1851 he was town surveyor for the city of Derry.(3) For several years in the 1850s or 1860s he was chief assistant to GEORGE WILLOUGHBY HEMANS in the survey and construction of various railways in Ireland. In 1860 he designed the Dublin Bridge Station at Newry for the Newry & Warrenpoint Railway Co,(4) and from 1860 until 1865 he was resident engineer on the Portadown, Dungannon & Omagh Railway.(5) Hassard had a particular interest in hydraulic works. In Ireland he was the first advocate of a water supply for Dublin from the River Vartry,(6) and he was associated with the water supply for many other towns, including the townships of Rathmines and Rathgar, Sligo, Dundalk, Enniskillen, Cavan, and Newry. Hassard may have left Ireland around 1866, for there are no references to him in the Irish Builder between this date and 1878. A drainage scheme for Kingstown, Dalkey and Blackrock Townships by Hassard and Arthur Tyrrell is signed and dated, Westminster Chambers [London], September 1882; and he was definitely in London by 1884,(7) though he continued to be involved in Irish engineering projects. In 1888 he submitted a proposal for the Dublin junction railway to link the Kingstown and Great Southern and Western Railways.(8) With a partner named Tyrrell he collaborated with KAYE-PARRY & amp; ROSS in the design of the Bray waterworks scheme.(9) He died on 4 February 1913, in his ninety-third year.
Inst.CE: elected member, 6 Mar 1866.
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the obituary of Hassard in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 193 (1912-13), 359-60.
(1) Burke's Landed Gentry (n.d., but ca. 1857).
(2) Jones transcripts from Thom's Directories, sub Londonderry & Enniskillen and Londonderry & Coleraine Railways.
(3) Jones transcripts from Thom's directories.
(4) DB 2, 1 Jul 1860, 301.
(5) Jones transcripts from Thom's Directories, sub Portadown, Dungannon & Omagh Railway.
(6) TICEI 6 ((1859-61), 226.
(7) 'Kingstown, Dalkey and Blackrock Townships, Independent Water Supply, General Plan of Works', by Richard Hassard CE and Arthur Tyrrell, CE, plan in collection of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Library Service, Local Studies Department, DLR Lexicon. Information kindly shared by Nigel Curtin, June 2017; IB 26, 15 Nov 1884, 345.
(8) IB 30, 1 Nov 1888, 278.
(9) IB 48, 20 Oct,15 Dec 1906, 829,1014.
12 work entries listed in chronological order for HASSARD, RICHARD
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| Building: | CO. WICKLOW, ROUNDWOOD, VARTRY WATER WORKS |
| Date: | 1854-? |
| Nature: | Scheme first proposed by RH. |
| Refs: | Obituary of Hassard in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 193 (1912-13), 359-60; R. Hassard, 'On the River Varty as asource of Water Supply for Dublin', TICEI 6 ((1859-61), 221-237. |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, RAILWAY STATION |
| Date: | 1860-61 |
| Nature: | New passenger station at Dublin Bridge for Newry & Warrenpoint Railway Co. Tenders invited, Jun 1860. Tenders invited for erecting goods' station, Nov 1861. |
| Refs: | Armagh Guardian, 22 Jun 1860, 15 Nov 1861; DB 2, 1 Jul 1860, 301 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CARLISLE BRIDGE (NEW) |
| Date: | 1862 |
| Nature: | Competition entrant. |
| Refs: | DB 4, 1 Sep 1862, 216 |
| Building: | CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1881 |
| Nature: | Construction of works for a supply of water from a mountain source for Sligo Corporation (Kilsellagh scheme). Tender of Sweeny & McLaren (McLarnon?) accepted (£14,221). Clerk of works: McCreevy, CE. |
| Refs: |
IB 23, 1 Apr 1881, 111; |
| Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1884;1897 |
| Nature: | New waterworks to be constructed at cost of £22,000, 1884. Completed 1889. Supply increased in 1897. |
| Refs: | IB 26, 15 Oct,15 Nov 1884, ?,345; 39, 1 Feb 1897, 33; obituary of Hassard in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 193 (1912-13), 359-60; Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), 269 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BOHERNABREENA, RESERVOIR |
| Date: | 1887a |
| Nature: | Water supply for Rathmines and Rathgar Townships. Design based on scheme put forward by Parke Neville in 1854. |
| Refs: | Min.Proc.Inst.CE 115 (1893-4), 132-3; R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland (1998), 85 |
| Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, WATERWORKS |
| Date: | 1895ca |
| Nature: | Worked on same assisted by James Gaskin. |
| Refs: | Application of James Gaskin for membership of ICEI, ICEI membership applications, II, 114 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1902 |
| Nature: | Awarded £25 in competition for Howth water supply. |
| Refs: | IB 44, 22 May 1902, 1264 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH, WATERWORKS |
| Date: | 1906-08 |
| Nature: | New, with Kaye-Parry & Ross. Resident superintending engineer: David Burtchaell. Contractors: McKee & McNally, Dungannon. Estimated cost £6683.17.4. Completed end of 1908 |
| Refs: | IB 48, 20 Oct,15 Dec 1906, 829, 899,1014; 49, 19 Oct 1907, 708; 50, 12 Dec 1908, 753; 52, 20 Aug 1910, ?; Building News 95, 18 Dec 1908, 868 |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | ? |
| Nature: | RH associated with. |
| Refs: | Obituary of Hassard in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 193 (1912-13), 359-60 |
| Building: | CO. CAVAN, CAVAN, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | ? |
| Nature: | RH associated with. |
| Refs: | Obituary of Hassard in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 193 (1912-13), 359-60 |
| Building: | CO. FERMANAGH, ENNISKILLEN, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | ? |
| Nature: | RH associated with. |
| Refs: | Obituary of Hassard in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 193 (1912-13), 359-60 |
| Author | Title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hassard, Richard | 'On the River Vartry as a source of water supply for Dublin' | 1861 | TICEI 6 ((1859-61), 221-237. |
| Hassard, Richard | 'The Dublin main drainage and the townships' | 1878 | IB 20, 15 Dec 1878, 357. |