Evan Britten Williams
Evan Britten Williams (1880-1928)
1928 Obituary [1]
EVAN BRITTEN WILLIAMS had been for fourteen years chief engineer of Messrs. Locket's Merthyr Collieries, during which he had been responsible for the laying-out of a good deal of new work.
He was born in South Wales in 1880 and served a five years' apprenticeship in the shops of Messrs. Nixon's Navigation Collieries.
He afterwards joined the Powell Duffryn Colliery Company, for whom he became chief draughtsman and designed a large amount of surface plant of pioneer character.
In 1905 he joined a Bolton firm, but returned to South Wales two years later.
In 1912 he became assistant chief engineer of the Bargoed and Pengam Collieries of the Powell Duffryn Company, and in 1914 took up the appointment which he held at the time of his death, which occurred on 5th March 1928.
He was elected a Member of the Institution in 1925.