page_title: Charles Jones (architect)
section_title: Civic infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Jones (architect) / Biography / Civic infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: Original lamp standard dated 1905. Manufactured by Gallender Company Limited, London. This lamp post has been given protection by English Heritage and listed as Grade II. Situated at the junction of west end of Park Hill at the point it joins Mount Park Road, Ealing W5, UK It is part of Ealing's original electric street lighting system which started in 1894. In the background is an example of the current style of black-gloss lamp posts which started to be installed in 2007.
context_page_description: Charles Jones was Ealing's first architect, engineer and surveyor. He held these posts for fifty years,
  and is known for his work on civic buildings.
context_section_description: His first work for the council in 1863 was to lay out the towns first proper sewage system. As the Thames at this time suffered from gross pollution from raw sewage he also designed a sewage farm to treat the effluent; this was built at Clayponds down Occupation Lane off the South Ealing Road. Over the next two decades this was incrementally expanded to cope with the rapidly expanding population. 
  To go behind the new Town Hall he designed a fire engine station. The building is still in existence but has long ceased to be used for its original purpose. Whilst not thought notable enough to warrant statutory protection, it has nevertheless been 'locally listed' by Ealing Council as being of architectural interest.
  Another task he was charged with was to design and oversee the first Electricity Generating Station and distribution system which came on line in 1894 and provided Ealing with its first electric street lighting. This was also situated down Occupation Lane.
  The sludge from the sewage farm next door, was filtered out and burnt here as fuel.
  During this time the council was also purchased properties from local notables which came with large plots of open land. Jones oversaw the work of turning these into public pleasure parks. He was also responsible for having the chestnut tree avenues planted on Ealing Common which gave it much of its present-day character.
  He also designed the redevelopment of Pitzhanger Manor in order that it could become a free public lending library. Opening in April 1902, it remained Ealing's Central Library until it moved in 1985. Because of Jones's sympathetic alterations to the original site, it was possible to then restore the house to reflect as accurately as practical, how it would have looked in the 1800s. Today it is a museum and art gallery open to the public at no charge. English Heritage has classed it as a Grade I listed building.
caption: Ealing lamp post 
   inscribed 1905
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