Jonathan Longbotham
Jonathan Longbotham (1850-1911)
Manager of the Barrow Haematite Iron and Steel Co Collieries at Worsboro Dale, near Barnsley.
1912 Obituary [1]
JONATHAN LONGBOTHAM died on November 21, 1911, at the age of sixty-one years, at his London residence, Harescombe, Northwood, Middlesex. He was a native of Durham, and his professional training was acquired at one of the largest collieries in that county. From there he went to Norley Colliery, near Wigan, where he remained for a number of years.
He next received the appointment of general manager of the collieries of the Barrow Hematite Steel Company at Worsboro'. For some years he was consulting engineer for the southern division of the North-Eastern Railway, and at the same time he carried on a considerable private practice as a mining engineer. He went to Sheffield ten or twelve years ago, and started a private practice as a mining and civil engineer.
He was a member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, and was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1898.
1912 Obituary [2]
JONATHAN LONGBOTHAM, born on the 5th October, 1850, died at Northwood, Middlesex,, on the 23rd November, 1911.
Trained in the mining branch of the profession, he was employed successively as Colliery Manager at Consett, Framwellgate and Norley.
In 1885 he was appointed General Manager of the Barrow Haematite Steel Company’s collieries, and in 1898 he became their Consulting Engineer. He acted as Mining Engineer in Yorkshire for the North Eastern Railway, was a director of several colliery companies, and held other mining offices.
Mr. Longbotham was elected a Member of The Institution on the 5th December, 1899.