Andrew Custance Carr
Andrew Custance Carr (c1868-1945)
Born at Berwick the son of John Carr, Hotel proprietor.
1922 V.D M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Loco.E., Mechanical Engineer, Khargpur, Bengal, India. T. A.: "Lococar." Training: Gateshead Works, North Eastern Railway, and Durham College of Science. Locomotive Department, East Indian Railway, Div. Locomotive Supt. and Deputy Loco. Supt. 1892-1905; Works Manager 1905, Chief Mechanical Engineer 1912, Bengal-Nagpur Railway; on Deputation to American Railway Shops, 1909; witness before the Indian Industrial Commission, 1917. Responsible for the layout, equipment and organisation of Khargpur workshops to handle 600 locomotives, 1,000 coaches and 15,000 wagons, general administration of locomotive, carriage and wagon and electrical departments of Bengal-Nagpur Railway and the railway town of Khargpur. Chairman of the Locomotive and Carriage Superintendents' Committee of the Indian Railway Conference Association 1917-20; Major, Bengal-Nagpur Railway Rifles. Served on Ctee. of Bengal Chamber of Commerce 1920. Commissioner for Port of Calcutta 1920-21; Member of Gov. Ctee. Bengal Engineering College 1921; Acting Agent Bengal-Nagpur Railway. 1920-21. Club: Bengal, Calcutta. War Services.—Supervision of munitions of war manufactured by Bengal-Nagpur Railway, and rolling stock for Mesopotamia, 1914-17. Services lent as general manager to the Coventry Ordnance Works, England, 1918-19.
1939 Living at Kensington, Partner in the Firm of Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners, Consulting Engineer