COLLINS, ROBERT

[CHECK DIRECTORIES 1864 CHECK DIRECTORIES 1864 ,1865 RE CONSULTING ENGINEER ALSO 1876] RE CONSULTING ENGINEER ALSO 1876]
Engineer. Robert Collins was consulting engineer - as distinct from city surveyor - for Derry City from 1866(1) or earlier until 1874. He was also engineer to the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners and to the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway Company. In or soon after 1874 he gave up all three positions on being appointed engineer of the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway. He was succeeded in the three positions and in his general practice by his former pupil CHARLES EDWARD STEWART. H CHARLES EDWARD STEWART. H e remained engineer to the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway until 1888, when he was succeeded by BERKELEY DEANE WISE.  BERKELEY DEANE WISE.

In addition to Charles Edward Stewart, Collins's pupils and assistants included FRANCIS GEORGE HOPKIRK. FRANCIS GEORGE HOPKIRK.

Address: Pump Street, 1871.(2)

See WORKS.

References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the obituary of Charles Edward Stewart in Min.Proc.Inst.CE146 (1900-1901, Pt. IV), 288, and from Thom's directories.

(1) DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 160; John McCarter was city surveyor from 1855 to 1874.
(2) Derry Almanac (1871), 98.

13 work entries listed in chronological order for COLLINS, ROBERT

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Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, FERRYQUAY STREET, SHOP & HOUSE
Date:	1865
Nature:	Builder: Hutchison & Colhoun. For John Pinkerton.
Refs:	DB 7, 1 Nov 1865, 264

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, FERRY GATE
Date:	1866
Nature:	To be commenced immediately. One main and two side arches. Designed by RC? Contractor: Matthew McClelland.
Refs:	DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 160; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 376.

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, FERRY GATE
Date:	1866
Nature:	Builder: Matthew McClelland. Cost: £750.
Refs:	DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 160

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, MARKETS
Date:	1867
Nature:	New general and provision markets. 19000 sq. ft. Red brick with white brick dressings. Slate and glass roof supported on cast metal columns. Builder: Robert Maxwell. Cost:£3,500
Refs:	IB 9, 15 Dec 1867, 327

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, CRAWFORD SQUARE, HOUSE
Date:	1868
Nature:	For Hugh Stephenson. Builder: Matthew McClelland.
Refs:	IB 10, 15 Apr 1868, 103

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, LONE MOOR ROAD, CEMETERY, SUPERINTENDENT'S HOUSE
Date:	1868
Nature:	Builder: Hutchison & Colhoun
Refs:	IB 10, 1 May 1868, 110,111(illus.)

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, LONE MOOR ROAD, CEMETERY
Date:	1868
Nature:	Mortuary chapel and superintendent's house recently erected under direction of RC, city engineer. Contractors: Hutchison & Colhoun. Cost: £2,000.
Refs:	IB 10, 1 May 1868, 110,111(illus.); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 30

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, YELLOW STRAND, WORKS (FOYLE ROPE CO.)
Date:	1869
Nature:	-
Refs:	IB 11, 15 Nov 1869, 263

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, WATERLOO PLACE, OFFICES & STORES (FOYLE ROPE CO.)
Date:	1869;1871
Nature:	New building and/or new offices and stores. Builders: G. & R. Ferguson
Refs:	IB 11, 15 Nov 1869, 263; 13, 1 Apr,15 Sep 1871, 85,238

Building:	CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, GLENCAIRN
Date:	1871
Nature:	'Neat' house, for Joseph Ferris. Builder: G. & R. Ferguson
Refs:	IB 13, 1 Apr 1871, 85

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, CRAWFORD SQUARE, HOUSES (008)
Date:	1871
Nature:	Stepped terrace of 8 Italianate houses with 2-storey bay windows. For John McAdoo. Builder: G. & R. Ferguson
Refs:	IB 13, 1 Apr,15 Sep 1871, 85,238

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, SHIPQUAY STREET, BUSINESS PREMISES (MCGOWAN & LANE)
Date:	1873
Nature:	Complete renovation. 3 storeys. Brick with freestone ornament. Builder: G. & R. Ferguson
Refs:	IB 15, 1 May 1873, 123

Building:	CO. DERRY, DERRY, QUAYS, TRAMWAY
Date:	?
Nature:	-
Refs:	Jones, ref. (from IB) omitted