Frederick John Haswell
Frederick John Haswell (1866- )
1922 M.I.Mech.E. High Pressure Hydraulic Power Engineer, 30,, Victoria Avenue, Hull. T. N.: Cent 2627 (House). b. 1866. Ed. Private school, Chester. Pupil in works and drawing office, Hydraulic Engineering Co., Ltd., Chester,. 1882-7. Hydraulic Engineering Company's Outside Department, 1887-91, Liverpool, London, Edinburgh, Hull; Superintendent, Liverpool Hydraulic Power Co, 1891-1904; Engineer and Manager, Hull Hydraulic Power Co, since 1904; Representative for Hydraulic Engineering Co., Ltd., for Hull and district since 1904. Chief Works: Employed on erection of cranes, capstans, lifts, etc., Waverley Station, Edinburgh; superin, tended erection of pumping engines, boilers, accumulators, etc., at Athol Street and Grafton Street Pumping Stations, and laid about twenty-five miles of main for Liverpool Hydraulic Power Co. Similar Work at Westminster Pumping Station, London Hydraulic Power Co.; erection of hydraulic machinery at Whitefriars-gate Bascule Bridge, and Albert Dock Swingbridge, Hull; dockgate machinery, sluices, capstans, etc., at King George Dock, Hull; west entrance,, West Hartlepool; and north entrance, Hartlepool. Premium Liverpool Eng. Soc., 1903, for Paper on Hydraulic Machinery and Distribution of Hydraulic Power.
1939 M.I.Mech.E. Engr. and Manager, Hull Hydraulic Power Co., Machell Street, Hull. Private Address: 20 Victoria Avenue, Hull. Career: 1882-87, pupil, Hydraulic Eng. Co., Chester; 1887-91, engaged on outside contracts in Liverpool, Edinburgh, London, Hull, etc., for same firm; 1891-1904, Outside Supt., Liverpool Hydraulic Power Co.; since 1904, Engr. and Manager, Hull Hydraulic Power Co.; 1904-31, Agent for the Hydraulic Eng. Co. for North-East Coast, and carried out some heavy work at Hull and Hartlepool Docks.