Edmund Mills Hann, mining engineer
1850 Born in Hetton Le Hole, Co Durham
1865-72 Pupil at Hetton Collieries, Durham, followed by period as assistant.
1872-77 Involved in opening ironstone quarries in Cleveland and coal mines in South Wales in connection with blast furnaces.
1874 of Brotton, North Yorks, when he wrote to The Engineer about his experience with diamond boring[1]
1877-79 Appointed mining engineer for Landore Siemens Steel Co
1879-85 Sir George Elliot appointed Hann to be colliery manager and subsequently agent in charge of collieries in Glamorgan and Monmouth for Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co
1881 Mining engineer of Aberdare, with Mary A. Hann 30, Florence M. Hann 5, William R. Hann 4, George G. Hann 2[2]
1885 Joined Inst Civil Engineers; of Aberaman, Abderdare
1901 Mining engineer, of Aberdare, with Mary Ann Hann 51, William R Hann 24, coal sales man, Cyril R Hann 7[3]
1911 Mining engineer, of Aberdare, with Mary Ann Hann 61, Harold Brown Hann 27, solicitor, Frank Percival Hann 25, mining engineer, Douglas Alfred Hann 23, mining engineer[4]
1916 Hann, an able businessman, was made director of the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co and over the next few years enabled the company to become the greatest coal-producing company in the world. Hann acquired all the adjoining collieries (Aberaman, Lletysiencyn, Abernant, Gadlys and Blaengwawr). He succeeded in sinking every one of the company's collieries in the Aberdare Valley to the lowest seam. Hann also saw the erection of the Coal Washery and Electric Generation Station at Middle Duffryn, Aberdare introducing electric power for lighting, haulage, winding, pumping, coal cutting machines etc. Hann's activities also influenced the social welfare and local government of Aberdare.
1931 died in Cardiff; Edmund Lawrence Hann, mining engineer, was one of the executors[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Civil Engineer records