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-V. A. H. McCowen (1866-1910), Borough Engineer of Salford
+#redirect [[Victor Albert Hill McCowen]]
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-'''1911 Obituary <ref>[[1911 Institution of Electrical Engineers: Obituaries]] </ref>
-V. A. H. McCOWEN was born at Tralee in 1866 and educated in Dublin.
-He spent eight years at mechanical engineering, and afterwards two years at [[Finsbury Technical College]] under Professor Thompson.
-He then joined the staff of [[J. H. Gordon and Co|J. H. Gordon & Co.]], London, and was employed on several lighting schemes, being engineer in charge of the Sydenham undertaking.
-In 1892 he became engineer to the [[Killarney Electric Light Co|Killarney Electric Light Company]], and in 1894 City Engineer of Belfast, where he superintended the original gas-engine scheme devised by Sir Alexander Kennedy. He was also for twelve years the City Council's consulting engineer.
-He received in 1907 the appointment of Borough Engineer of Salford, but a year or two later he was seized with paralysis, and was eventually compelled to leave his work.
-He died at Bath on September 8, 1910.
-He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1890, and transferred to Membership in 1898.
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