Edwin Clark (civil engineer)

Edwin Clark
Born(1814-01-07)7 January 1814
Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Died22 October 1894(1894-10-22) (aged 80)
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Known forMathematics master [teacher], Civil Engineer, Hydraulic Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Astronomer

Edwin Clark FRAS (7 January 1814 – 22 October 1894) was an English Civil Engineer, specialising in hydraulics. He is remembered principally as the designer of the Anderton Boat Lift (1875) near Northwich in Cheshire, which links the navigable stretch of the River Weaver with the Trent and Mersey Canal.

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