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Apprentice | 1868-73 Apprentice in the engine works of Messrs [[T. M. Tennant and Co|Tennants]] of Leith and Messrs [[Blackwood and Gordon]] of Port Glasgow | ||
1.5 years as shop draughtsman with [[J. and J. Thomson]], Glasgow | 1874-5: 1.5 years as shop draughtsman with [[J. and J. Thomson]], Glasgow | ||
1 year as draughtsman with [[John Macfarlane Gray|J. McF. Gray]] of Board of Trade | 1876: 1 year as draughtsman with [[John Macfarlane Gray|J. McF. Gray]] of Board of Trade | ||
1877-8 Superintended the erection of marine engine work at the Smithfield works on the Isle of Dogs | |||
1.5 years superintending for '''Sheppard and Co Steamers''' of Bombay, at Glasgow and Bombay | 1878-80: 1.5 years superintending for '''Sheppard and Co Steamers''' of Bombay, at Glasgow and Bombay | ||
1880 Joined I Mech E, of '''Cornac Iron Works''', Bombay. | 1880 Joined I Mech E, of '''Cornac Iron Works''', Bombay. | ||
1880-3 Works Manager at Cornac Iron Works | |||
1883-8 Managing partner of [[Donald, Henesey and Couper|Donald Henesey and Cowper]], Ripon Iron Works, Frero Road, Bombay; correspondence care of Messrs. Fleming Wilson and Co., 24, 25, 27 Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C. Afterwards [[Donald and Co]], Bombay | |||
1888-9 in charge of Engineering branch of John Fleming and Co, merchants, Bombay | |||
1890 c/of J. Macfarlane Gray, St. Katharine Dock House, Tower Hill, London, E. | 1890 c/of J. Macfarlane Gray, St. Katharine Dock House, Tower Hill, London, E. | ||
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1897 Resigned from I Mech E | 1897 Resigned from I Mech E | ||
WWI Second lieutenant RFC | |||
1918 Re-elected to I Mech E; consultant with [[Pulsometer Engineering Co]] | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == |
Revision as of 16:23, 1 August 2018
1868-73 Apprentice in the engine works of Messrs Tennants of Leith and Messrs Blackwood and Gordon of Port Glasgow
1874-5: 1.5 years as shop draughtsman with J. and J. Thomson, Glasgow
1876: 1 year as draughtsman with J. McF. Gray of Board of Trade
1877-8 Superintended the erection of marine engine work at the Smithfield works on the Isle of Dogs
1878-80: 1.5 years superintending for Sheppard and Co Steamers of Bombay, at Glasgow and Bombay
1880 Joined I Mech E, of Cornac Iron Works, Bombay.
1880-3 Works Manager at Cornac Iron Works
1883-8 Managing partner of Donald Henesey and Cowper, Ripon Iron Works, Frero Road, Bombay; correspondence care of Messrs. Fleming Wilson and Co., 24, 25, 27 Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C. Afterwards Donald and Co, Bombay
1888-9 in charge of Engineering branch of John Fleming and Co, merchants, Bombay
1890 c/of J. Macfarlane Gray, St. Katharine Dock House, Tower Hill, London, E.
1896 of Barrow-in-Furness
1897 Resigned from I Mech E
WWI Second lieutenant RFC
1918 Re-elected to I Mech E; consultant with Pulsometer Engineering Co
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mechanical Engineer records