page_title: Henry Norris (engineer)
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Norris (engineer)
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraved image of the newly built Trevose Head lighthouse, Cornwall, England 1847
context_page_description: Henry Norris was a British civil engineer born in Poplar, London the son of several generations of house carpenters. He was the resident engineer for lighthouse construction projects under contract to Trinity House from civil engineers Messrs. Walker & Burges, the firm of James Walker and Alfred Burges, and later on oversaw the building of Souter Lighthouse, the world's first lighthouse specifically designed & built to be powered by electricity.
  He died at Stratford, London and is buried at Tower Hamlets Cemetery. His grave was located during ground clearing work in 2013 a few metres from that of John Buckley.
  Henry Norris noted projects around the coast of England and Wales, included:
context_section_description: Henry Norris (1816–1878) was a British civil engineer born in Poplar, London the son of several generations of house carpenters.  He was the resident engineer for lighthouse construction projects under contract to Trinity House from civil engineers Messrs. Walker & Burges, the firm of James Walker and Alfred Burges, and later on oversaw the building of Souter Lighthouse, the world's first lighthouse specifically designed & built to be powered by electricity.
  He died at Stratford, London and is buried at Tower Hamlets Cemetery. His grave was located during ground clearing work in 2013 a few metres from that of John Buckley (VC).
  Henry Norris noted projects around the coast of England and Wales, included:
caption: The newly built Trevose Head lighthouse, Cornwall, England from "The Illustrated London News" 1847
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