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* Chairman, Motor Mutual Insurance Co., Ltd.; | * Chairman, Motor Mutual Insurance Co., Ltd.; | ||
* Director, [[Union Welding Co|Union Welding Co., Ltd.]], H.G.M. Trust and Mount Magnet Gold Mines, Ltd. | * Director, [[Union Welding Co|Union Welding Co., Ltd.]], H.G.M. Trust and Mount Magnet Gold Mines, Ltd. | ||
* Chairman, [[Alloy Welding Processes|Alloy Welding Processes, Ltd.]], until amalgamated with [[Murex | * Chairman, [[Alloy Welding Processes|Alloy Welding Processes, Ltd.]], until amalgamated with [[Murex|Murex, Ltd.]], in 1930. | ||
* Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights | * Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 29 June 2016
James Caldwell
Consulting Engineer, 2, Chantry House, Eccleston Street, Eaton Square, Westminster, London, S.W.1.
Career:
- 1905-20, Partner in consulting firm of James E. Sayers and Caldwell, Electrical Engineers, Glasgow.
- War service with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, R.E., and War Office; later at the Admiralty as deputy Asst. Director of Materials and Supt. of Welding and Labour Saving; also visited America for service with United States Shipping Board and War Dept., at Washington.
- 1917-18 Responsible for early applications of electric welded construction, including a cross-Channel barge, and
- 1919-21 several factory buildings.
- 1919 Awarded Telford Premium, Inst.C.E.
- 1922 Paris Premium, I.E.E.
- 1930-37 retained by the Quasi-Arc Co., Ltd., to extend the development of electric welding to steel construction.
- 1931 Inspected welded undertakings throughout the British Empire, and
- 1936 in the U.S.A
- Chairman, Motor Mutual Insurance Co., Ltd.;
- Director, Union Welding Co., Ltd., H.G.M. Trust and Mount Magnet Gold Mines, Ltd.
- Chairman, Alloy Welding Processes, Ltd., until amalgamated with Murex, Ltd., in 1930.
- Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.
See Also
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