1901 International Engineering Congress

Held at Glasgow University in September 1901.

During this period the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition was also being held in Glasgow. Following the Congress the British Association held its annual meeting.

The Congress consisted of the following sections:

• Section I: Railways
• Section II: Waterways and Maritime Works
• Section III: Mechanical
• Section IV: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Section V: Iron and Steel
• Section VI: Mining
• Section VII: Municipal
• Section VIII: Gas
• Section IX: Electrical.

Each section met in a different hall of the University over 3 consecutive mornings.

• The office-holders of the Congress were:
  • Presidents
    • Lord Kelvin, President
    • James Mansergh, President of Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Vice Presidents
    • William H. Maw, President of Institution of Mechanical Engineers
    • William Whitwell, President of Iron and Steel Institute
    • John Perry, Past President of Institution of Electrical Engineers
    • William Thomas Lewis, President of Institution of Mining Engineers
    • Robert Caird, Past President of Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
    • J. M. Denny, President of Institution of Marine Engineers
    • R. L. Weighton, Vice President of North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders
    • James S. Dixon, President of Mining Institute of Scotland
    • E. George Mawby, President of Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers
    • George Livesey, Institution of Gas Engineers
  • Section I. (Railways)
    • James Brand
    • David Cooper
    • W. Lorimer
    • James Manson
    • D. A. Matheson
    • William Melville
    • Hugh Reid
    • J. F. Robinson
    • R. Elliott Cooper
  • Section II. (Waterways and Maritime Works)
    • William M. Alston
    • W. R. Copland
    • C. P. Hogg
    • L. F. Vernon-Harcourt
  • Section III. (Mechanical)
    • Henry Brock
    • Sinclair Couper
    • Thomas Kennedy
    • W. H. Watkinson
    • J. D. Young
    • Thomas Young
    • Edgar Worthington
  • Section IV. (Naval Architecture)-
    • Robert Caird LLD
    • Alexander Gracie
    • W. J. Luke
    • James Mollison
    • George Holmes
    • J. H. Biles
  • Section V. (Iron and Steel)
    • George Beard
    • William Beardmore
    • William Clark
    • David Colville
    • Walter Dixon
    • A. Humboldt Sexton
    • Bennett H. Brough
  • Section VI. (Mining)
    • J. B. Atkinson
    • James T. Forgie
    • T. Lindsey Galloway
    • James M'Creath
    • J. M. Ronaldson
    • Wallace Thornycroft
    • James Barrowman
    • James S. Dixon
  • Section VII. (Municipal)
    • Peter Fyfe
    • J. M. Gale
    • Thomas Nisbet
    • William Paterson
    • Gilbert Thomson
    • John Young
    • Thomas Cole
  • Section VIII. (Gas)
    • G. T. Beilby
    • G. R. Hislop
    • J. W. Helps
  • Section IX. (Electrical)-
    • W. A. Chamen
    • M. B. Field
    • W. W. Lackie
    • Magnus Maclean
    • W. B. Sayers
    • E. George Tidd
    • W. G. M'Millan
  • Excursions and Entertainments:
    • Charles Connell
    • J. Duncan
    • A. Fullerton
    • H. E. Hollis
    • R. T. Moore
    • R. D. Munro
    • E. H. Parker
    • J. R. Richmond
    • A. D. Wedgwood
    • J. Williamson
  • Billeting :
    • Councillor Burrell
    • John Cochrane
    • James S. Dixon
    • Robert Duncan
    • Alexander Fullarton
    • A. Bonar Law
    • Frederick Lobnitz
    • Sam Mavor
    • George M'Farlane
    • J. F. Maclaren
    • Anderson Rodger
    • James M. Thomson
    • W. C. Warden.

Descriptions of the various Sections

• The Engineer 1901/09/13
  • Section II - Waterways and Maritime Works
  • Section III - Mechanical Engineering
  • Section V - Iron and Steel Institute
  • Section VIII - Gas
  • Section IX - Electrical
• The Engineer 1901/09/20
  • Section IV - Naval Architecture
  • Section VI - Mining
  • Section IX - Electrical

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