Norman Augustus Lane
Norman Augustus Lane (1866-1925)
1926 Obituary [1]
NORMAN AUGUSTUS LANE was born at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 19th December 1866, and received his school education at King Henry VIII.'s College, Warwick.
During the years 1884-87 he served his apprenticeship in the shops and drawing-office of Messrs. Taunton Delmard Lane and Co., of Birmingham and London, and on completing his term he remained with the Firm as sub-manager of the hydraulic forging and engineering department. In this position he spent four years, and during that period gained useful experience on a wide range of work done for the War Office and for some of the great armament firms.
On leaving in 1891, he undertook similar supervising work for Mr. Howard Lane, of Birmingham, who was consulting engineer to Messrs. S. Walker, Ltd., hydraulic and general engineering contractors, of Fazeley Street, Birmingham, and a few years later, in 1894, he joined that Firm as works manager, holding the position for five years.
In 1900 he started business on his own account in Birmingham as mechanical engineer and contractor, specializing in gas compressing, refrigeration and hydraulic work.
His death occurred on 25th October 1925.
He became an Associate Member of this Institution in 1904.