Henry Andrew Vivian
Henry Andrew Vivian (1824-1904)
1904 Obituary [1]
HENRY ANDREW VIVIAN, born at Camborne, Cornwall, on the 31st January, 1824, obtained his early engineering training in a mine in Devonshire, where he remained for about two years.
He then became Land and Mineral Agent and Manager of an estate at Eagle Hall, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, which post he held until 1858, when he obtained an appointment under Mr. Vignoles, Past-President, as an Assistant Engineer on the Bahia and San Francisco Railway.
In June, 1860, he went to Chili in the service of the Copiapo Smelting Company, and after eighteen months was appointed Engineer for the Copiapo Railway extension from Pabellon to Chanarcillo,.
In October, 1864, he became Manager and Engineer of the Coquimbo Railway, which post he held until 1896, when the line was purchased by the Chilian Government. . . . [more]
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- ↑ Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings