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3 unusual facts about Ministry of Works


Charles Mole

Sir Charles Johns Mole KBE, MVO (1886–1962) was a British architect who served in the Ministry of Works, eventually becoming its Director-General.

Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside

They had one daughter, Mary (1932-2014), who married Arthur Mole, son of Sir Charles Mole, director-general of the Ministry of Works.

Dee Valley Water

The company also took possession of the large water extraction works at Sesswick built by the Ministry of Works to supply ROF Wrexham during World War II.


Anthony Treadwell

His architectural career began as a draughtsman in the Air Force before working in the Architectural Division of the Ministry of Works, and private practice.

Chew Stoke

Archaeological excavations carried out between 1953 and 1955 by Philip Rahtz and Ernest Greenfield from the Ministry of Works found evidence of extensive human occupation of the area.

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

The pioneer LED street lights installation program was a collaboration between the Ministry of Works and Ministry of Finance, as well as the Public Works Department as the implementing agency and Philips Malaysia as the contractor.


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Dunstanburgh Castle

The last private owner Sir Arthur Sutherland donated the castle to the Ministry of Works in 1929.

Gracefield Branch

Following land reclamation in the 1950s & 1960s, an extensive network of sidings were built at Seaview to serve industrial interests, including the Ford Motor Vehicle Assembly Plant; oil terminals for BP, Caltex, Europa and Shell; Pacific Scrap; and the Ministry of Works.

Ingvald Godal

From 1960 to 1965 he worked for the Ministry of Works in the Northern Region, at that time a federal division of Nigeria, and from 1965 to 1969 he worked for Norconsult in Uganda and other countries.

Otago Boys' High School

There is a teaching block, named after a former Rector, Mr. W.J. Morrell, which was erected in 1961 to a standard Ministry of Works design, though contextualised with blue stone fascias by the architect Ian R McAllum.

Roy Henry Garstang

Because of the war, he spent 1945-46 as Scientific Officer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, England and 1946-48 as Scientific Office at the Ministry of Works.

Tun Razak Highway

On 20 June 2010, Malaysian Ministry of Works, Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, proposed the Tun Razak Highway to be upgraded to a 4-lane highway as a preventive measure to reduce accidents.