Trotter, Frederick William (1888 - 1966)

Summary

Frederick Trotter AMIEAust MVIE, helped prepare the successful tender by Dorman, Long and Company, the British contractors for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, moved to Australia and became their Victorian Manager. He was later appointed the manager of Australian Iron and Steel Ltd., the firm formed by the amalgamation of the Australian interests of Dorman, Long and Co., the Hoskins Iron and Steel Company, Baldwins Ltd., and Howard Smith Iron Co. Ltd.

He was active within the engineering industries, the profession, and the Victorian Institute of Engineers, serving on its Council from 1929 to 1933, as Vice president in 1931 and 1932 and as President 1933. He was also an inaugural member of the Building Industry Congress in 1931.

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Chronology

c. 1918 - c. 1921

Career position - Civil engineer and Manager, Building Department, for Dorman, Long and Co. [Building the Garden City of Dormanstown, Yorkshire]

1923

Life event - Moved to Australia, as agent for Dorman, Long and Company

1924

Career event - Member (MVIE), Victorian Institute of Engineers [Sponsors: J T N Anderson, J N Reeson]

1926 -

Career position - Member of Council, Working Men's College

2 Dec 1927

Lecture - "Sydney Harbour Bridge" to Adelaide Division, Institution of Engineers Australia [Mr. F. W. Trotter (non-member)]

c. 1928

Career position - Manager, Australian Iron and Steel Ltd

17 Jul 1928

Lecture - "The Production of Steel." to Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia [Mr. F. W. Trotter (non-member)]

1929 - 1935

Career position - Member of Council, Victorian Institute of Engineers

1930 - 1931

Career position - President, Working Men's College

1931 -

Career position - Inaugural member, Building Industry Congress

1931 - 1932

Career position - Vice-president, Victorian Institute of Engineers

1933

Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Engineers

1950

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Transferred from Victorian Institute of Engineers]

1966

Buried - Springvale Botanical Cemetery

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Trotter, F. W., 'The steel age (Presidential Address 1934)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1933-1934 (1935), 6-12. https://hdl.handle.net/11343/24775. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Trotter, F. W., 'Sydney Harbour Bridge', The Age (1927), 13, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205790601. Details
• Trotter, F. W., 'Reinforced Concrete', The Age (1927), 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205815649. Details