purposes. He was also a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, the British Iron Trades Association, the Railway and Canal Traders' Association, the Geological Society of London, the Society of Arts, the Manchester Geographical Society, the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, the Manchester Geological Society and others. References Notes Bibliography External links The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society Tameside Blue Plaque information Image of Daniel Adamson at The Transport Archive Daniel Adamson 1820–1890, a unique illustrated time-line 1820 births 1890 deaths English engineers People from Shildon People from Didsbury Bessemer Gold Medal Burials at Southern Cemetery, Manchester