Arthur Whitehead
Arthur Whitehead (1850-1926)
1926 Obituary [1]
ARTHUR WHITEHEAD was born in Manchester on 12th November 1850 and was educated locally.
He served his apprenticeship during the years 1865 to 1872 with Mr. Thomas Gadd, of the Regent Ironworks, Salford, and on the completion of his terns he was transferred to the drawing-office, of which he eventually took charge.
On resigning this position some four years later, he was engaged by Messrs. Thomas Bradford and Co., Salford, to manage their contract department, and with this firm he remained for more than twenty years.
In 1899 he came to London, to join Messrs. James Armstrong and Co., engineers, of 116, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., as partner; and with this business he was connected until about 1906, when he left to start on his own account as a consulting engineer, with offices in Friday Street, E.C.
During the War he spent some time with Messrs. Vickers, refrigerating engineers, Tooley Street, E.C., and subsequently joined Messrs. Leslie Woodcocks and Co., of Victoria Street, Westminster, as consultant engineer, a connexion he retained up to the time of his death, which occurred on 13th January 1226.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1900.