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Consulting Engineer (Mining), Tinsley Park Colliery Co., Ltd., and Shirebrook Colliery, Ltd., 7, Victoria Street, Westminster, London, S.W.1. (1922) | Consulting Engineer (Mining), Tinsley Park Colliery Co., Ltd., and Shirebrook Colliery, Ltd., 7, Victoria Street, Westminster, London, S.W.1. (1922) | ||
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Articled to [[Woodhouse and Jeffcock]], civil and mining engineers; | Articled to [[Woodhouse and Jeffcock]], civil and mining engineers; | ||
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Member of Institute South West Engineers, Midland Institute of Mining Engineers, National Association Colliery Managers. | Member of Institute South West Engineers, Midland Institute of Mining Engineers, National Association Colliery Managers. | ||
1930 Died in London<ref>BMD</ref> | |||
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[[Category: Biography]] | [[Category: Biography]] | ||
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[[Category: Deaths 1930-1939]] | |||
Revision as of 13:01, 22 January 2021
Arnold Lupton F.G.S.
Professor of Mining Engineering, Yorkshire College.
Consulting Engineer (Mining), Tinsley Park Colliery Co., Ltd., and Shirebrook Colliery, Ltd., 7, Victoria Street, Westminster, London, S.W.1. (1922)
c.1847 Born
Articled to Woodhouse and Jeffcock, civil and mining engineers;
1877 Member of Inst Mech Engineers
1878-9 Professor of Coal Mining, Leeds University
Examiner in Mine Surveying to City and Guilds.
Professional Career: Started as Consulting Engineer in Chesterfield and Manager, Highfield Colliery, Oakerthorpe.
Employed by the Royal Coal Commission to prepare maps, sections and estimates showing each seam of coal and the acreage and tonnage got and remaining to get in the counties of Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in each seam; also gave evidence as to the temperature of deep mines. Resident Engineer and Manager, Bettisfield Colliery.
Sank pit through quicksand by pneumatic process
Manager and Consulting Engineer of the Manston, New Hall, Fieldhouse, and Rock Collieries.
Gained prize from International Commission for development of Niagara Water Power, electrically and pneumatically.
Projected and obtained Acts of Parliament for Yorkshire Electric Power and for Derby and Nottingham Electric Power.
Obtained leases for and projected, designed and executed as Engineer and Managing Director the works of Shirebrook Colliery, Ltd.
Projected new works of Tinsley Park Colliery, Ltd. Obtained leases for Yorkshire Main Colliery, Ltd., Maltby Main Colliery, Ltd., Harworth Main Colliery, Ltd.
Experienced witness in Parliamentary and Arbitration cases.
1906-10 Member of Parliament.
Chairman of the Yorkshire Power Co.
Has inspected mines of coal, iron, lead, zinc, tin, copper, silver and gold, also slate, limestone and granite quarries in United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, United States, Australia and India. Has acted as Lessor's Agent and Surveyor in England and Wales.
Member of Institute South West Engineers, Midland Institute of Mining Engineers, National Association Colliery Managers.
1930 Died in London[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ BMD