Joseph Lever
Joseph Lever (1851-1913)
1913 Obituary [1]
JOSEPH LEVER was born at Little Lever, near Bolton, on 11th July 1851.
His education was received at private and public schools and at the Bury Athenaeum where he attended technical classes.
He served a seven years' apprenticeship at the Hollins Vale Bleach Works, near Bury, and on its completion remained for two years as foreman with full charge.
He was next employed at the works of Messrs. J. and E. Woods, of Bolton, for a short time, and in 1875 worked for two years at Woolwich Arsenal as an erector.
In 1877 he went to Manchester and was engaged by Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, principally as chargeman at home and abroad. This position he held for nearly eight years, when he started in business in Manchester as a consulting engineer and factor. In this connection his work lay chiefly in the design and erection of cooling and condensing plant, rolling mill engines and steel works plant, etc.
His death took place at Walkden, Manchester, on 17th January 1913, at the age of sixty-one.
He became an Associate Member of this Institution in 1910.