Charles Walter Phipps

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Obituary

The death is announced of Mr. Charles Walter Phipps, works manager of the works at Rugby of the British Thomson Houston Co. Mr. Phipps was born at Worcester in January 1859. Whilst a boy he journeyed to America with his father, who, as a bridge engineer, was taking up a position at Cleveland, Ohio. The younger Mr. Phipps obtained his first experience as a mechanical and electrical engineer in the works of the British Engineering Company at Cleveland. As quite a young man he had charge for this company of some most important electrical developments. Among these may be mentioned the installation of the Victoria Works in Lambeth of the Anglo-American Brush Company, now the Brush Electrical Engineering Company. He was also sent to China and Japan. In the latter country he executed some important work for the Government. He was recalled to the United States to become works manager of the Brush Company, which was eventually absorbed by the General Electric Company. Mr. Phipps, in co-operation with two other gentlemen founded the Adam Bagnall-Phipps Company for the manufacture of arc lamps and accessories. Later on he left this company to take up a position in the New York offices of the General Electric Company, and remained there some years. It was after this that he was offered the post of works manager of the works at Rugby. This was five years ago, and he saw the works grow from something very little to their present large extent. We did not a little towards the bringing about of this expansion.

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