Wilhelm Mauseth

Wilhelm Mauseth (8 October 1875 in Bakke, Norway – 11 June 1948 in Whites, Free State) was a Norwegian speedskater.

1904-07 own business in Cape Town under the company Mauseth & Goodchild Architects and Surveyors during this time he did the surveying work on the Victoria Falls bridge which opened in 1905.

Mauseth also worked as a surveyor for George Pauling, the main contractor to Cecil Rhodes, who was at that time opening up and building a railway and telegraph system in Rhodesia.

1918 Hydraulic Engineer Orange River, Mauseth had a hand in surveying the sewage system in Johannesburg.

[3] Later as William Alfred Manseth, he fought with distinction with the Nyasaland Rhodesia Mechanical Forces in the 1914-1918 Great War (possibly in Tanganyika), he was promoted Temp.