Charles Matcham

Charles Arthur Matcham (15 January 1862 – 22 September 1911)[1] was an English civil engineer and businessman who spent most of his life in America.

He founded numerous businesses, mostly within the cement-making industry, in areas including Phillipsburg, in New Jersey, and Allentown, and Portland in Pennsylvania.

[1] Matcham entered the engineering industry in 1875 in London where he received an honours mention for his mechanical drawing and designs at the National Art Training School in South Kensington.

He also worked in St. Petersburg and Riga, where he introduced the newly-invented telephone and installed the Alexander II of Russia's system, personally.

[6] Matcham married Margaret née Ormrod in 1888 and they had three children; a son, Charles,[n 2] and daughters Dorothy and Catherine.