Lawrence Ennis

Lawrence Ennis CMG[1] OBE[1] (31 August 1871 – 5 May 1938)[1] was a Scottish-born engineer.

He was best known as the managing director of Dorman Long and the main supervisor of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.[2]

Life

Ennis was born in West Calder, Scotland.[2] He was descended from a family of engineers on his maternal line.[3] He went to work in a shale pit from the age of twelve.[4] When he was 15 he emigrated with his family to the United States.[4]

Ennis managed one of the American Bridge Company's largest sites by 1900.[2] Ennis joined Dorman Long in 1903 as superintendent in charge of bridge and constructional works.[5] In 1905 he was made works manager.[5] Ennis became general manager of the company in 1915 and a company director in 1924.[6]

Ennis was appointed OBE in 1918, in reignition of his conversion of the Dorman Long works into a munitions manufacturing site during World War One.[7]

From 1924 to 1932 Ennis was resident in Australia to manage the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge.[8][9]

Upon his return to Britain in 1932, Ennis was appointed managing director of Dorman Long.[10] Under his tenure the firm built a large steelworks at Warrenby, Redcar.[11]

He died in 1938.[12]

Publication
  • Brearley, Joan McDonald; Ennis, Lawrence (1982), The bridge opened : official opening, 19th March, 1932, Pylon Press, ISBN 978-0-9593592-0-6
  • As joint author – in Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 238 – Session 1933-1934, Pt. 2. London: 1935. 2) Sydney Harbour Bridge: Manufacture of the Structural Steelwork and Erection of the Bridge, by R. Freeman and L. Ennis;[13]

References
  1. Obituaries – from the Tablet Archive
  2. 07 May 1938 – BRIDGE BUILDER DEAD. Mr. Lawrence Ennis. A BOYHO
  3. "Men Who Built the Bridge". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 1932. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. "Noted Scots Engineer". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 7 May 1938.
  5. The Times, 7 May 1938
  6. "City News in Brief." Times [London, England] 17 May 1924: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
  7. "Order Of The British Empire." Times [London, England] 10 June 1918: 2+. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
  8. Sydney Harbour Bridge Archived 19 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "CLOSING OF MAIN ARCH SPAN". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 11 September 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  10. "Dorman, Long & Co." Times [London, England] 21 Dec. 1932: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
  11. Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 6 May 1938
  12. "Mr. Lawrence Ennis' Sudden Death". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 7 May 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  13. Freeman, Ralph; Bradfield, J. J. C. (John Job Crew), 1867–1943; Pain, John Freeman; Roberts, Gilbert; Ennis, Lawrence (1935), [Sydney Harbour Bridge] : by Ralph Freeman [and others], Institution of Civil Engineers, retrieved 5 May 2012CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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