James Bell (1839-1903)
James Bell (1839-1903)
1839 Born in Scotland
1891 Civil engineer, widower, lived in Canton, Cardiff, with Eliza Agnes Bell 27, John B Bell 20, clerk, Arthur E Bell 18, architect's pupil[1]
1898 Resident engineer for Barry Graving Dock and Engineering Co in construction of their new graving dock at Barry Docks
Resident engineer of Barry Railway Co
1901 Civil engineer, employer, widower, lived in Barry with Eliza A Bell 35, Arthur E Bell 29, architect[2]
1903 Died in Cardiff[3]
1903 Obituary.[4]
1903 Obituary [5]
Mr. J. Bell, resident engineer of the Barry Railway, died at his residence at Barry Saturday from pneumonia, after an illness of ten days,
at the age of sixty-three. The late Mr. Bell succeeded Mr. J. Robinson as resident engineer at Barry some eight
years since, and in addition to having charge of the structural arrangements of both the dock and railway of
the Barry Company, he superintended the construction of Barry No. 2 dock, the Barry Island Railway, the
restoration of the Lady Windsor deep lock, the restoration of the Porthkerry viaduct on the Vale of Glamorgan
Railway, and the extensions of the Barry system in the Rhymney Valleys.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1891 census
- ↑ 1901 census
- ↑ BMD
- ↑ The Engineer 1903 Jan-Jun: Index: Miscellaneous
- ↑ Engineering 1903 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index