It was designed by the borough engineer and cost about £2,300.

A spokesman for the borough engineer's department said the matter would be looked into.

At a meeting June 20, the council authorized the borough engineer to investigate the effects of raising the sirens higher off the ground.

The borough engineer and the sanitary departments were on the first and second floors respectively.

In 1921, the manager asked that the responsibility for the permanent way be transferred from the Borough Engineer's Department to himself.

In addition, the council chose not to reappoint the borough attorney and the borough engineer.

The Council decided to maintain the status quo having heard from the Borough Engineer.

A competition to design the tower was won by Ralph Ellison from the borough engineer's department and on 22 June 1897 work began.

It was the borough engineer, Harry W Smith, who had the idea of setting out the gardens in Japanese style.

He was Borough Engineer for Nottingham from 1859.