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Frank West M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst. Gas E. | Frank West M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst. Gas E. | ||
Apprentice at [[West's Gas | Apprentice at [[West's Gas Improvement Co|West's Gas Improvement Co]]., Ltd. | ||
1893-97 Articled pupil, and then Asst. to Chief Engr., Nottingham Gas Dept. | 1893-97 Articled pupil, and then Asst. to Chief Engr., Nottingham Gas Dept. | ||
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1897-1908 At West's Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., Manchester, for five years in various departments; afterwards Engr.-in-Charge of erection and starting-up of carbonising plants and coal and coke-handling machinery on the Continent and America | 1897-1908 At West's Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., Manchester, for five years in various departments; afterwards Engr.-in-Charge of erection and starting-up of carbonising plants and coal and coke-handling machinery on the Continent and America | ||
1908-18 London | 1908-18 London Engineer. for West's Gas Improvement Co., Ltd. | ||
1918- With the [[Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Co]]., Ltd. | 1918- With the [[Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Co]]., Ltd. | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 19 August 2019
Frank West M.I.Mech.E., M.Inst. Gas E.
Apprentice at West's Gas Improvement Co., Ltd.
1893-97 Articled pupil, and then Asst. to Chief Engr., Nottingham Gas Dept.
1897-1908 At West's Gas Improvement Co., Ltd., Manchester, for five years in various departments; afterwards Engr.-in-Charge of erection and starting-up of carbonising plants and coal and coke-handling machinery on the Continent and America
1908-18 London Engineer. for West's Gas Improvement Co., Ltd.
1918- With the Derbyshire Silica Firebrick Co., Ltd.
1919 Became Managing Director and then Chairman and Managing Director of the Company.
Chairman of the Society of British Gas Industries.
1930 Vice-Chairman of the British Refractory Research Association.
Member and Past-Pres. of the Ceramic Society and of the Refractories Association of Great Britain