Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Wall, William Albert November 16, 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com January 19, 2012, 7:13 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist WILLIAM ALBERT WALL, Construction Engineer. Educated in the public schools of California and by private tutors, William A. Wall came to Honolulu with his parents in 1880, when a young man of nineteen, and began his engineering career as a rodman in the government survey office. For seven years he held this position and pursued his engineering studies, and in 1887 was named assistant to an astronomer sent to Hawaii from Washington, D.C., to take latitude and longitude observations. In this capacity he aided in establishing the exact latitude and longitude of various points in the Hawaiian Islands. From 1887 to 1914 Mr. Wall was established in private engineering practise in Honolulu, during which period he had charge of the engineering work on the Waiahole tunnel project, which brought water from the windward side of Oahu to the plantation of the Oahu Sugar Co., and also directed much railroad, bridge and land surveying work on Kauai and other islands of the group. On July 1, 1914, he was asked to organize the water works department for the city and county of Honolulu, previously directed by the territorial government, and was engaged in this work for six months. For the next four years he again engaged in private practise, and in 1919 he rejoined the city and county water works as manager and on March 3, 1925, he assumed his present position as construction engineer of the department. Interested in religious activities, Mr. Wall is a vestryman and senior warden of St. Clement’s Church. He is also a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Commercial and Oahu Country Clubs. In 1882-3 he was a member of the Oceanic Baseball Club, together with Lorrin Thurston, W. A. Kinney, Dr. M. E. Grossman, E. D. Baldwin and others. Born in Red Bluff, Calif., on Nov. 16, 1861, he is the son of Charles John and Elizabeth (Miller) Wall. His father was a well known Honolulu architect and drew the plans for the Capitol building and superintended its construction. In 1892 Mr. Wall married Christina Morrison of Eureka, Calif., and they have one daughter, Mrs. Derrick Perry of Honolulu. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/wall619bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb