James Mitchell (1865-1946)
James Mitchell (1865-1946)
1947 Obituary [1]
"JAMES MITCHELL, whose death occurred in November 1946 in his eighty-second year, was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in 1902 and was transferred to Membership in 1912. He was also a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who awarded him a Telford Premium in 1922.
His apprenticeship was served at Portsoy and at Wick Harbour. He began his professional career as dredging superintendent at Aberdeen, but in 1902 he went to the Tees to take charge of work as resident engineer under Messrs. John Aird and Company, Ltd., engineers and contractors. Subsequently he was engaged on improvements at Whitby Harbour, which included extensions to two piers.
During the war of 1914-18 he was attached to the Ministry of Munitions in London and later was employed by the Admiralty at Falmouth Docks. In 1922 he returned to the north and was responsible for the erection of a pumping station for the Aberdeen Corporation. More recently he was engaged on the construction of two breakwaters at Staithes, Yorkshire, and also carried out work at the docks of Messrs. Hawthorne, Leslie and Company, Ltd., on the Tyne. For a time he acted as resident engineer to the Corporation of Sunderland, to whom he was responsible for the construction of the New Quay. Mr. Mitchell had been living in retirement since 1937."