Signed copy. Bridging the Eastern Cape - The Life and Work of Joseph Newey. By Dennis Walters

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, DENNIS WALTERS, ON TITLE PAGE

Coral Tree Press, 2014. Hardcover with dustcover, 136 pages. Neat, clean condition. The dust cover shows signs of use. Tightly bound. 

Bridging the Eastern Cape by Dennis Walters is the first full-length biography of the English civil engineer Joseph Newey (18461907), who was one of the multitude of British engineers, craftsmen and artisans who emigrated during the nineteenth century. Having accepted a temporary position as bridge erector with the Cape of Good Hope colony government in 1872, Newey stayed on, and retired as chief inspector of public works of the Cape colony 33 years later. During that time he was involved in almost every road-bridge project in the Eastern Cape. Dennis Walters is a consulting civil and structural engineer in the Eastern Cape, with a professional and personal interest in Newey's career and works, and this book is the result of his research in the UK and South Africa.