Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,649 pages of information and 247,065 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Frank Henry Whysall

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Frank Henry Whysall (1876- )

1919 Burgh Electrical Engineer, Greenock.[1]

1922 M.I.E.E., Burgh Electrical Engineer, Greenock; Electricity Office, Dellingburn Street, Greenock. T. A.: "Energy, Greenock." T. N.: 330 Greenock. b. 1876; s. of Robert Whysall, late Chief Engineer Midland Iron Co., Ltd.; m. 1908, Florrie Jackson of Greasbrough, Yorkshire. Ed. Borough Collegiate School, Rotherham; School of Art, Rotherham. Training: Midland Iron Co., Ltd., Rotherham; Technical College, Sheffield, and Sheffield Electric Light Power Co. Assistant Engineer, Sheffield Corporation, 3 years. With Manchester Corporation in 1902, and ultimately held the position of Resident Engineer for the City Power A Stations. Appointed in 1914 Burgh Electrical Engineer to the Greenock Corporation. District Engineer for Greenock and District Coal Control; Secretary to the West of Scotland Committee for the Interconnection of Electricity Supply Undertakings. 1919-20—Chairman of the Students' Section (Scottish Centre) Institution of Electrical Engineers. Awarded Ayrton Premium in 1913. Member of Greenock Club. War Services.— 2nd Lieutenant, Renfrewshire Electric Light Company, Royal Engineers (V. ).

1939 M.I.E.E. City Elect. Engr. and Gen. Manager, Belfast Corp., East Bridge Street, Belfast. Private Address: 80 Malone Road, Belfast. Career: Boro. Collegiate Sch.; Mechanics' Inst., Rotherham; Sheffield Sch. of Tech. Training, Mid land Iron Co., Ltd., Rotherham; Sheffield Electric Light and Power Co.; Charge Engr., Sheffield and Manchester; Res. Engr., City Power Stations, Manchester; Boro. Elect. Engr., Greenock. Received I.E.E. Ayrton Premium 1913.

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