V. A. H. McCowen
V. A. H. McCowen (1866-1910), Borough Engineer of Salford
1911 Obituary [1]
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 & 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 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.