Person
Nelson, William Muir (1871 - 1926)
- Born
- 3 August 1871
Loudoun station, Dalby, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 5 October 1926
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer, Electrical engineer and Tramway Engineer
Summary
William Nelson, ACGI (Lond) MIEAust MIEE AssocMInstCE, was a notable civil, electrical, and tramways engineer. From 1913 to 1926 he was Chief Engineer of the Brisbane Tramways.
Details
William Nelson represented Queensland on the Provisional Council of the Institution of Engineers, 1919.
Chronology
- 1891
- Career position - Draughtsman, Locomotive Department, Queensland State Railways
- 1892 - 1893
- Career position - Apprentice, Locomotive workshops, New South Wales State Railways
- 1894 - 1897
- Education - Electrical Engineering, Central Technical College, London
- 1897
- Career event - Associate, City and Guilds Institute (ACGI Lond), London
- 1897
- Career event - Associate (AssocIEE) Institute of Electrical Engineers, London
- c. 1897 - c. 1899
- Career position - Assistant Mains Superintendent, Electric Lighting Department, Edinburgh Corporation
- 1900 - 1901
- Career position - Assistant Engineer, Greenock Corporation Electricity Supply
- 1901 - 1902
- Career position - Chief Engineer and Manager, Greenock Corporation Electricity Supply
- 1902
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
- 1903 - c. 1907
- Career position - Chief Assistant Engineer, Brisbane Tramway Co Ltd
- 1904
- Career event - Member, Queensland Electrical Association
- 1906
- Career position - President, Queensland Electrical Association
- 3 Dec 1907
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1908 - c. 1909
- Career position - Chief Assistant Engineer, Electricity Supply Department, Sydney Municipal Council
- 1909
- Career position - Engineer, Tramway, Launceston Municipal Council
- 1910 - 1913
- Career position - Chief Engineer, Christchurch Tramways Board, New Zealand
- 1913 - 1922
- Career position - Chief Engineer, Brisbane Tramways Co Ltd
- 1915 - 1916
- Career position - President, Queensland Institute of Engineers
- 1915 - 1926
- Career position - Honorary Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Queensland
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1920
- Career event - Member (MIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
- 1920
- Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1920
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1922 - 1925
- Career position - Acting General Manager and Chief Engineer, Brisbane Tramways Trust
- 1923 - 1926
- Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1925 - 1926
- Career position - Chief Engineer, Tramways Department, Brisbane City Council
- 1926
- Career position - Chairman, Brisbane Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
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Published resources
Edited Books
- Whitmore, R. L. ed., Eminent Queensland Engineers [volume 1] (Brisbane, Queensland: The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Queensland Division, 1984), 75 pp. https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2017-01/eqe_vol_i.compressed.pdf. pp.52-53 'W.M. Nelson AGCI(Lond) MIEAust MIEE AMInstCE'. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Memoirs', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (1926), 673-687, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.865124150476451. pp.681-682. Details
Resources
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 12274, 1907', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 29 November 2018, Last modified: 3 August 2023