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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-07-04 human Ken McInnes updated 2024-06-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006455b.htm person Shannon William Montgomery AACR2 27 April 1868 11 Jul 1933 Place of Birth Boroondara, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer Mechanical engineer William Shannon MInstCE, was a Commissioner of the Victorian Railways from 1919 to 1933, and had the responsibility for organising the electrification of the Melbourne suburban railways. Prior to that he was Chief Mechanical engineer, responsible for the development of the Newport Railway Workshops. 1882 1889 Career position - Apprentice, Victorian Railways 1885 1898 Education - Night Courses, Melbourne Working Mens' College 1889 c. 1890 Career position - Design Draughtsman, Kitson and Co., Leeds, England c. 1890 c. 1891 Career position - Draughtsman, Roberts and Miles, Philadelphia USA 1892 1904 Career position - Draughtsman and Engineer, Victorian Railways 1905 1909 Career position - District Inspector, Victorian Railways, in charge of Metropolitan and Country depots, under T H Woodroofe MInstCE 1909 1913 Career position - Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer, Victorian Railways, under T H Woodroffe MInstCE 1913 1919 Career position - Chief Mechanical Engineer, Victorian Railways 1 December 1914 1 December 1914 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1919 1933 Career position - Commissioner, Victorian Railways 1933 1933 Buried - Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria Clapp, Harold Winthrop (1875 - 1952)

Harold Clapp was Chief Commissioner, Victorian Railways, when William Shannon was Commissioner, 1919 - 1933.

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

Commissioner, 1919 - 1933.

 Davidson, William (1844 - 1920)

William Davidson endorsed William Montgomery Shannon's nomination for MInstCE, 1914.

 Oliver, Calder Edkins (1855 - 1930)

Calder Oliver endorsed William Montgomery Shannon's nomination for MInstCE, 1914.

 Kernot, Maurice Edwin (1852 - 1934)

Maurice Kernot MInstCE endorsed William Montgomery Shannon's nomination for MInstCE, 1914.

 'Shannon, William Montgomery', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shannon, William Montgomery 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