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| John Ferguson (c1884-1929) | | #redirect [[John Ferguson (1887-1929)]] |
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| '''1929 Obituary <ref> [[1929 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries]] </ref>
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| JOHN FERGUSON, M.B.E., who died in his forty-fourth year, on 2nd January 1929, was general manager of the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company of Malaya.
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| He was apprenticed in Scotland and attended the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.
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| After a further period as pupil with [[Edmundsons' Electricity Corporation|Edmundson's Electricity Corporation]] at Hamilton, he became assistant engineer, but shortly afterwards he became power station superintendent at the [[Clyde Navigation Trust|Clyde Navigation Trustees']] power station at Clyde Bank Dock.
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| In 1908 he was appointed electrical engineer to the Burmah Oil Company at Rangoon and in 1911 electrical and mechanical engineer to the Patiala State Government, Punjab, where he was responsible for the construction and development of the hydro-electric transmission scheme.
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| From 1914 to 1916 he was district engineer for [[Callenders Cable and Construction Co|Messrs. Callender's Cable and Construction Company]] in the Eastern Counties, and during the following years until 1919 he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps and carried out work in connexion with the defences of London against the air raids.
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| In 1919 he was appointed assistant chief electrical engineer, [[East Indian Railway]], and later officiating chief electrical engineer. He served on a special mission for the Government of India to reorganize the electrical department of the [[North Western Railway of India]], after which he received the appointment which he held at his death.
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| Mr. Ferguson became a Member of the Institution in 1925 and he was also a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
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| [[Category: Births 1880-1889]]
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