William Stead (1870- )
William Stead M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., M.I. and S.I., engine designer, Cons. Mech. and Elec. Engr.
1870 Born in Ramsbottom, son of William Stead, Engineer and Manufacturer, who had a large cotton manufactory[1]
Educated at Manchester Grammar Sch.
Career: Design, Introduction and Manufacture of the Vertical Tandem Gas Engine, as made firstly by the Westinghouse Co. at Trafford Park and afterwards by the National Gas Engine Co.
1898 MD of Browett, Lindley and Co of Patricroft when he became a Member of I Mech E
1911 William Stead 41, manager gas engine works, lived in Audenshaw, with Edith Louisa Stead 40, Geoffrey Henry Stead 17, apprentice Gas Engine Pattern Maker, William Norman Stead 3[2]
By 1922 he had designed many of the "largest Power Stations in the country" using Blast Furnace, Coke Oven and Producer Gas.