Source: Futility Closet
In 1905 Winchester Cathedral was in danger of collapsing as its eastern end sank into marshy ground. The surprising solution was to hire a diver, who worked underwater for five years to build a firmer foundation for the medieval structure. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll tell the story of William Walker and his curious contribution to saving a British landmark.
We’ll also contemplate a misplaced fire captain and puzzle over a shackled woman.
Intro:
Anthony Trollope became a prolific author by simply demanding it of himself.
Wyoming’s North Two Ocean Creek drains into both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Sources for our feature on William Walker:
Ian T. Henderson and John Crook, The Winchester Diver, 1984.
Barry Shurlock, The Winchester Story, 1986.
Frederick Bussby, William Walker, 1970.
John Crook and Yoshio Kusaba, “The Transepts of Winchester Cathedral: Archaeological Evidence, Problems of Design, and Sequence of Construction,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 50:3 (September 1991), 293-310.
Gwilym Roberts, “How a Diver Saved Winchester Cathedral, UK: And Today’s Solution?” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers — Engineering History and Heritage 166:3 (August 2013), 164-176.
“William Walker: The Diver Who Saved the Cathedral,” Winchester Cathedral (accessed Feb. 25, 2018).
“Images of History,” Journal of Diving History 21:2 (Spring 2013), 40.
John Crook, “William Robert Walker,” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sept. 23, 2004.
“How a Diver Saved a Cathedral,” Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder 20:4 (October 1912), 61.
“Foundations: The Use of Divers and the Grouting Machine,” American Architect and Building News 93:1689 (May 6, 1908), 147.
“Portland Cement in the Restoration of Winchester Cathedral,” Cement 13:3 (July 1912), 84.
“Winchester Cathedral,” Journal of the Society of Estate Clerks of Works 19:222 (Dec. 1, 1906), 182.
“Diving at Winchester Cathedral,” American Architect 90:1607 (Oct. 13, 1906), 120.
Charles William Domville-Fife, Submarine Engineering of To-Day, 1914.
J.W. Overend, “Saving a Cathedral With a Diver,” Scientific American 108:19 (May 10, 1913), 428.
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