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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-02-14 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-05-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006268b.htm person Calcutt Francis Macnamara AACR2 10 July 1870 2 October 1950 Place of Birth Williamstown, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Croydon, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Railway engineer Francis Calcutt, MInstCE, was a civil engineer with the Victorian Railways. He was employed in location and surveying the many new lines during the expansion of country Victorian Railways from 1889-1904, and later he was largely responsible for the introduction of automatic electric signalling during the electrification of Melbourne's suburban railways (installed from 1915-1930). He finished his career in the role of Chief Engineer of Signals & Telegraphs (1922-1930), during which time he was at one stage responsible for the supervision of 1,200 employees and half a dozen railway workshops. 1877 1883 Education - State School and Private Tuition 1883 1889 Education - Indentured, Victorian Railways [under Robert Watson MInstCE] 1889 1891 Career position - Field Assistant, construction and Survey, Victorian Railways [under Robert Watson MInstCE] 1891 1892 Career position - Field Assistant, construction and Survey, Victorian Railways [under George C Darbyshire MInstCE] 7 Oct 1891 7 Oct 1891 Career event - Qualified as Licenced Surveyor, under the Transfer of Land Statute Victoria 1892 1895 Career position - Field Assistant, construction and Survey, Victorian Railways [under F Rennick] 1895 1904 Career position - Assistant Engineer, location survey and construction, Victorian Railways [under F Rennick and Maurice Kernot MInstCE] c. 1900 c. 1900 Career event - Granted Certificate of Qualification as Engineer and Surveyor (CE), Local Government Act 1890 Victoria 1904 1905 Career position - Assistant Signal Engineer, Victorian Railways [under Charles Ernest Norman MInstCE] 1905 c. 1922 Career position - Engineer of Signals, Victorian Railways [under Charles Ernest Norman MInstCE, and J H Fraser] 14 Jan 1913 14 Jan 1913 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1922 1930 Career position - Chief Engineer of Signals and Telegraphs, Victorian Railways 1926 Career position - Hon Secretary, Victorian Advisory Committee of Council, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1930 1930 Life event - Retired Kelso, Alexander Edward (1894 - 1943)

Francis Calcutt MInstCE endorsed Alexander Kelso nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920

 Victorian Railways, Colony and State of Victoria (1883 - 1983)

Chief Engineer of Signals & Telegraphs 1922 - 1930

 Moore, Malcolm Stewart (1888 - 1969)

Francis Calcutt MInstCE endorsed Malcolm Moore's nomination for MInstCE 1927

 'Calcutt, Francis Macnamara', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Calcutt, Francis Macnamara 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 Edited Book: The Electrification of the Metropolitan Railway System of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stephenson, C. T. The Electrification of the Metropolitan Railway System of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Industrial Australian and Mining Standard 1919