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'''1921 Obituary'''<ref>The Engineer 1921/09/16</ref> | |||
Mr Roe was the son of [[John Phanuel Roe |Mr John P. Roe]], a civil engineer of [[Consett Iron Co |Consett]], Durham, and was born at Bridgend, South Wales in 1852. After being educated by a private tutor, he began his engineering career in his father's works at Cardiff. In 1870 he joined the [[Dowlais Ironworks |Dowlais Iron Company]] being employed at in the drawing-office and subsequently as a general assistant engineer in connection with the company's iron and steel works and collieries. | |||
In 1879, at the request of Mr. Menelaus of the [[Dowlais Ironworks |Dowlais Company]], and also of the [[Orconera Iron Ore Co |Orconera Iron Ore Company]], Mr Roe proceeded to Bilbao to investigate and install provisional means of getting the output of the mins on hoard the ships. On the completion of this work he was appointed the company's resident engineer, and in that capacity designed and carried out a large amount of work in connection with the railway, shipping appliances, river walls, dredging, and feeder transport arrangements to the main line including heavy inclined plane work. | |||
In 1889 he commenced practice as a consulting engineer at Cardiff, and undertook contracts for transporting minerals by means of aerial ropeways in the Bilbao district. In the following year ho opened offices in London, and while devoting himself particularly to the development of what is now known a the Roe System of ropeways for transporting material in mountainous countries, he eventually formed a | |||
company under the name of [[Ropeways]] Limited, which under his management and control has carried out a great number of important installations in all parts of the world. In addition to supervising the entire work of the company, he practised as a consulting engineer, advising on various engineering matters particularly in connection with the handling and transport of minerals and the like. | |||
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Revision as of 16:52, 26 November 2014
John Pearce Roe (1852-1921), chairman and managing director of Ropeways
son of John Phanuel Roe
1921 Obituary[1]
Mr Roe was the son of Mr John P. Roe, a civil engineer of Consett, Durham, and was born at Bridgend, South Wales in 1852. After being educated by a private tutor, he began his engineering career in his father's works at Cardiff. In 1870 he joined the Dowlais Iron Company being employed at in the drawing-office and subsequently as a general assistant engineer in connection with the company's iron and steel works and collieries.
In 1879, at the request of Mr. Menelaus of the Dowlais Company, and also of the Orconera Iron Ore Company, Mr Roe proceeded to Bilbao to investigate and install provisional means of getting the output of the mins on hoard the ships. On the completion of this work he was appointed the company's resident engineer, and in that capacity designed and carried out a large amount of work in connection with the railway, shipping appliances, river walls, dredging, and feeder transport arrangements to the main line including heavy inclined plane work.
In 1889 he commenced practice as a consulting engineer at Cardiff, and undertook contracts for transporting minerals by means of aerial ropeways in the Bilbao district. In the following year ho opened offices in London, and while devoting himself particularly to the development of what is now known a the Roe System of ropeways for transporting material in mountainous countries, he eventually formed a company under the name of Ropeways Limited, which under his management and control has carried out a great number of important installations in all parts of the world. In addition to supervising the entire work of the company, he practised as a consulting engineer, advising on various engineering matters particularly in connection with the handling and transport of minerals and the like.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1921/09/16