James Foster Petree (1893-1970)
1893 Born
1910-15 Apprenticed with Cammell, Laird and Co
1915 Machinery Inspector, British Hellenic Naval Mission
1915-19 Costs inspector, Royal Naval Engineering overseers, Southampton and Wallsend
1919-20 Senior draughtsman, Gwynnes Ltd on centrifugal pumps
1920-23 Senior draughtsman, Worthington-Simpson on centrifugal pumps
1923 Technical assistant to J. Hamilton Gibson concerned with surveying damaged thrust blocks, propellers, etc. A.M.I.N. A.
1925 Associate member of I Mech E, c/o J. Hamilton Gibson, 3 Central Buildings, Westminster
1934 Prepared an article: "The Lambeth Works of Maudslay, Sons and Field" - The Engineer 1934/06/08
1936 Member of I Mech E
1943 Prepared an article: "Maudslay, Sons and Field as General Engineer"
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Sources of Information
- Mechanical engineer records