Robert George Young
Robert George Young (1849-1902)
1902 Obituary [1]
. . . . after serving an apprenticeship to his father, who owned the Falcon Ironworks, Liverpool, he was employed by Messrs. H. Pontifex and Sons for several years in designing and in superintending the erection of machinery for various breweries and distilleries. Subsequently he acted as Assistant to Professor John Perry in designing and superintending the extension of the works of Messrs. Latimer Clark, Muirhead and Co., of Westminster.
In 1880 Mr. Young joined the Engineer’s Department of Colney Hatch Asylum, whioh at that time belonged to the County of Middlesex, and in 1886 he succeeded the late Mr. R. Hack as Resident Engineer. The Asylum, which has a population of about 2,800, possesses . . . . [more]