Peter Johnstone Hunter
Peter Johnstone Hunter (c1871-1946)
1946 Obituary [1]
PETER JOHNSTONE HUNTER, whose death in his seventy-fifth year occurred on 20th March 1946, was elected a Member of the Institution in 1919. His apprenticeship was served from 1886 to 1892, first in the drawing office and fitting shops of the Forth Bridge Railway Company, then with the Dunfermline Foundry Company, and finally in the engine fitting shops of Messrs. John Scott and Company, Ltd., Kirkaldy.
He was employed in the course of the next four years as marine engineer in steamships owned by the Atlantic Transport Line and during this period obtained his Board of Trade First-Class Engineer's Certificate. From 1898 to 1904 he successively held positions as foreman engineer to Messrs. S. Pearson and Son, contractors; lift engineer on the Central London Railway; and assistant engineer to the Forth Bridge Company.
He then became works manager for the Griffin Engineering Company, Ltd., Bath, but, in the following year, he transferred his services to Messrs. Stothert and Pitt, Ltd., crane makers, of the same city, for whom he was engaged as chief erector. In 1910 he was appointed resident engineer to the Forth Bridge Railway Company. He held this position until 1921 when he entered into business on his own account and practiced as an inspecting engineer, his services being called upon by the London and North Eastern Railway; The London Power Company, Ltd.; and the London County Council's chief engineer.
During the war of 1914-18 Mr. Hunter was responsible for the design and erection of the anti-submarine boom at the Forth Bridge. For these services he received special recognition from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the form of a presentation of silver plate.