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 162,337 pages of information and 244,505 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.

William Alexander (1870- )

From Graces Guide

William Alexander (1870- )

1870 Born on 20 January[1]

1888-93 Pupil of Charles C. Lindsay; attended West of Scotland Technical College

1892 Admitted as Student of I.C.E.

Continued to work with Mr Lindsay on various navigation works, particularly on the River Cart, including a dockyard for Fleming and Ferguson of Paisley.

1895 Associate member of the Inst Civil Engineers[2]

1896 Caledonian Railway

1899 Engineer on construction of Paisley and Barrhead District Railway

1900-04 Resident Engineer New Leith Lines

1904-23 Assistant in Land and Parliamentary work

1923-30 Parl. Asst. to Div. Eng. L.M.S.

1926 Divisional Engineer's Office, L.M.S. Railway, Buchanan St Station, Glasgow

1930 Retired.

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Sources of Information

  1. Proposal for Assoc Membership of Inst Civil Engineers
  2. Civil Engineer Lists
  • Civil Engineer Records