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1896/7 Directory: Listed as makers of steam boilers.<ref>* [[Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Boilers - Steam]]</ref> | |||
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'''1921 Obituary <ref>[[1921 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries]]</ref> | |||
JABEZ ATTWOOD was born in 1844. | |||
==Sources of Information== | He served his apprenticeship with [[Westwood and Wrights|Westwood and Wright]], of Dudley, from 1858 to 1864, and then went as improver to [[James Watt and Co|James Watt and Co.]], Soho, Birmingham. | ||
Two years later he was employed at the [[Wolverhampton Works|Great Western Railway Works, Wolverhampton]], and in 1876 entered into partnership with Mr. W. Jones, of Stourbridge, as heating and ventilating engineers. The partnership having been dissolved in 1886, Mr. Attwood continued at his works in Stourbridge, and was the inventor of many improvements in valves, joints, radiators, etc. | |||
His death took place at Stourbridge, after an operation, on 1st December 1920, in his seventy-seventh year. | |||
He became a Member of this Institution in 1898. | |||
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Revision as of 14:19, 3 January 2014
Jabez Attwood (1844-1920) of Birmingham
1896/7 Directory: Listed as makers of steam boilers.[1]
1921 Obituary [2]
JABEZ ATTWOOD was born in 1844.
He served his apprenticeship with Westwood and Wright, of Dudley, from 1858 to 1864, and then went as improver to James Watt and Co., Soho, Birmingham.
Two years later he was employed at the Great Western Railway Works, Wolverhampton, and in 1876 entered into partnership with Mr. W. Jones, of Stourbridge, as heating and ventilating engineers. The partnership having been dissolved in 1886, Mr. Attwood continued at his works in Stourbridge, and was the inventor of many improvements in valves, joints, radiators, etc.
His death took place at Stourbridge, after an operation, on 1st December 1920, in his seventy-seventh year.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1898.