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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Robert Young (1860-1932)

From Graces Guide

Engineer and Manager, of Penang Steam Tramways, Penang, Straits Settlements (1892)

1860 Born son of George Edward Young (1823-1889) and Jane Hackworth (1831-1914), daughter of Timothy Hackworth[1]

1876-1881 Apprenticed at Kitson and Co, Leeds

1892 Joined I Mech E

1916 Retired to St. Leonards-on-Sea.

1932 Died

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Young family tree on Ancestry
  • Mechanical engineer records