William Aubrey (engineer)

{{Short description|Welsh engineer (1759-1827)}}

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William Aubrey (1759–1827) was a Welsh engineer who designed and built steam-powered machines, including his work as superintendent at the Tredegar iron works and 40-year employment by Samuel Homfray. At the Aberdare Ironworks and Penydarren Ironworks, he was a consulting engineer.{{cite book|title=History of Tredegar: Subject of Competition at Tredegar 'Chair Eisteddfod', Held February the 25th, 1884|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L6gLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1885|publisher=South Wales Printing Works|page=124}}

He worked on development of the Cyfarthfa works, the Europe's largest water system of its kind, with Watkin George.{{cite book|author1=John Newman|author2=Stephen R. Hughes|author3=Anthony Ward|title=Glamorgan: Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&pg=PA73|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-071056-4|page=73}} He died 22 July 1827.{{cite DWB|title=Aubrey, William (1759 - 1827), engineer|id=s-AUBR-WIL-1759|author=John Roberts Evans|year=1959|accessdate=16 February 2016}}