[2] Around 1865, Willans moved to Middlesbrough to join the engineering firm of Cochrane, Grove, & Company.
[6] He was the primary contractor for the construction of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and made a handsome profit from his work.
[7] He was the primary contractor for the Great Northern and City Railway from Finsbury Park to Moorgate.
[5] He was selected to stand as the Liberal candidate for the Montgomery Boroughs constituency in the 1895 election, but died before the vote.
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