Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,344 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Herbert James Bingham Powell

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Herbert James Bingham Powell (1878- )

1922 O.B.E M.Inst.O.E., M.Am.Soc.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.San.I., A.C.G.I., Civil Engr., Engr.-in-Charge, Tech. Dept., Peruvian Corpn., Ltd., Lima, Peru; b. 1878; s. of Col. Bingham-Powell. Ed. Privately, Anglo-French Coll., N.W. Training: Central Tech. Coll. (Imperial Coll. of Sc. and Technology) and Tech. Coll., Finsbury. Career: 1898-1903—Asst. to G. F. Deacon, Baldwin Latham, R. E. Middleton, M.M.Inst.C.E., Westminster, Cons. Engrs.; 1903-6—Engr., Municipality of Lima; 1906-8—Engr., Municipality of Callao; 1908-12— Engr. to Govt. and Principal Municipalities of Peru; 1912-15—Engr. in charge Dept. of Public Works Ministry, Bolivia; 1915-18—Member of British War Mission in U.S.A.; Staff Officer, in charge of Section E, Inspt. Dept.; Executive Officer in charge of Allied Dept. of Gauges and Standards of British Govt. and United States Govt.; Liaison Officer between British Eng. Standards Association and American Authorities; 1920-21—Engr., Peruvian Corpn., Ltd., Lima, controlling the Peruvian Rly. System, Docks, Lake Steamers, etc. Publ.: Numerous pamphlets and newspaper articles on Sanitation; articles on Standardization, Gauges, etc., in the American Tech. Journals. Address: Peruvian Corporation, Ltd., Lima, Peru. T. A.: " Impulsive, Lima."

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