Francis Goold Morony Stoney, MICE (1837–1897): Victorian Engineer

Abstract

A fitting memorial to both Stoney and his son Edward Duncan Stoney, AMICE, who died six months after his father, is the Richmond Half Tide Barrier on the River Thames. Here the free-roller sluices have operated most satisfactorily, with the minimum of upgrading, for over 100 years. The Barrier enhances the reach and has great architectural merit. Few of Stoney’s personal papers have been discovered. Duncan’s widow, Ellen Naomi, wrote in a letter to F.W.S. Stokes, the Managing Director of Ransomes and Rapier Ltd, a few days after Duncan died: