Edward James Crosier
Edward James Crosier (c1861-1951)
1953 Obituary [1]
EDWARD JAMES CROSIER, who died on 26th October 1951 at the age of ninety, was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1905.
He served an apprenticeship at the Forge Foundry, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1875 to 1882, and for the next eight years was employed by Messrs. Allen and Robson, of the same city, on the inspection and specification of boiler plates and other materials.
He then went into partnership with Mr. Mills (later Sir William Mills) inventor of the Mills Bomb, of Sunderland, with whom he was responsible for the installation of fuel and labour-saving appliances at several of the leading collieries.
From 1895 to 1900 he was connected with Messrs. Holden and Brooke, Manchester, for whom he was engaged upon similar work.
Later he became the senior partner of Crosier, Stephens and Company, Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, engineers and merchants, and continued in business until his retirement in 1933.