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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-11-29 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006148b.htm person Nelson William Muir AACR2 3 August 1871 5 October 1926 Place of Birth Loudoun station, Dalby, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Civil engineer Electrical engineer Tramway engineer 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.

William Nelson represented Queensland on the Provisional Council of the Institution of Engineers, 1919.

1891 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 1897 Career event - Associate, City and Guilds Institute (ACGI Lond), London 1897 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 1902 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1903 c. 1907 Career position - Chief Assistant Engineer, Brisbane Tramway Co Ltd 1904 1904 Career event - Member, Queensland Electrical Association 1906 1906 Career position - President, Queensland Electrical Association 3 Dec 1907 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 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 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1920 1920 Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 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 1926 Career position - Chairman, Brisbane Division, Institution of Engineers Australia Risson, Robert Joseph Henry (1901 - 1992) 1923 1926 Brady, Alfred Barton (1856 - 1932)

Alfred Brady MInstCE proposed William Nelson's nomination fro AssocMInstCE in 1907

 'Nelson, William Muir', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nelson, William Muir Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Memoirs Memoirs 1926 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 7 673-687 Edited Book: Eminent Queensland Engineers [volume 1] Whitmore, R. L. Eminent Queensland Engineers [volume 1] Brisbane, Queensland The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Queensland Division 1984