Walter Edward Aked

1890 - 1972

Walter Aked ( Walter E Aked. Aked, M S :Twenty-six F G Barker photographs of the construction of the Kelburn Viaduct, Wellington, and one photograph of W E Aked. Ref: PAColl-3228-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22863634 )

Walter Aked was a structural engineer who also was born in Liverpool and moved to New Zealand in 1920. He worked for Atkins, Bacon & Mitchell for two years before joining the Wellington City Council as an engineer. He retired as Divisional Engineer in 1955.

Image: Walter E Aked. Aked, M S :Twenty-six F G Barker photographs of the construction of the Kelburn Viaduct, Wellington, and one photograph of W E Aked. Ref: PAColl-3228-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22863634

Sources:

Mew, Geoff & Adrian Humphris. “Raupo to Deco: Wellington Styles and Architects 1840 – 1940” (Wellington: Steel Roberts Aotearoa, 2014)

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