Samuel Harry Hill Barratt
Samuel Harry Hill Barratt (1869-1940) A.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Loco.E., A.K.C.
1939 Director, J. W. Roberts, Ltd., Asbestos Mfrs., Leeds, and Becket, Laycock and Watkinson, Ltd., Engrs., London. Business Address: Bush House, Strand, London, W.C.2. Private Address: Westholme, Hollycrotf Avenue, Hampstead, N.W.3.
1940 Obituary.[1]
Samuel Harry Hill Barratt passed on, on the 1st of August, after a long and painful illness; He was born on the 29th March, 1869, and was educated at Merchant Taylor’s School, and graduated at King’s College, London. As a pupil of the late Mr. William Adams, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the former London and South Western Railway, at Nine Elms Works, he passed through all departments, including the drawing office and running. Later he went to Messrs. Ferranti, Ltd., Manchester, as a designer of electric machinery and afterwards was engineer in charge of St. Luke’s Electric Light Station, City Road, Manchester.
Mr. Barratt had been works manager of the former Bell's United Asbestos Co, Ltd., which with J. W. Roberts, Ltd., was taken over by Turner and Newall, Ltd., when he became a director of J. W. Roberts, Ltd. His very many friends will remember him best for his expert knowledge in the application of asbestos in its many forms to the railway industry, particularly locomotives and rolling stock. He was also active in his advocacy of the lining of railway tunnels to deaden noise.
Mr. Barratt had been a member of the Institution since April, 1919, and was also a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers,