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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-09-16 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007858b.htm person Trotter Frederick William AACR2 23 October 1888 12 September 1966 Place of Birth Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England Place of Death South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Civil engineer 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. 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 1923 Life event - Moved to Australia, as agent for Dorman, Long and Company 1924 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 2 Dec 1927 Lecture - "Sydney Harbour Bridge" to Adelaide Division, Institution of Engineers Australia [Mr. F. W. Trotter (non-member)] c. 1928 c. 1928 Career position - Manager, Australian Iron and Steel Ltd 17 Jul 1928 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 1933 Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1950 1950 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Transferred from Victorian Institute of Engineers] 1966 1966 Buried - Springvale Botanical Cemetery Reeson, Joseph Newell (1868 - 1953)

J N Reeson sponsored F W Trotter as a member of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1924

 Anderson, Joshua Thomas Noble (1865 - 1949)

J T Noble Anderson sponsored F W Trotter as a member of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1924

 Working Men's College (1882 - 1933)

President of Council 1930 - 1931

 Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd (AIS) (1928 - 1985)

Manager 1928 -

 Dorman Long and Company

Victorian Manager c1924 - c1930

 Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

President 1933; Vice-president 1931 - 1932; Member of Council 1929 - 1935.

 'Trotter, Frederick William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Trotter, Frederick William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Sydney Harbour Bridge Trotter, F. W. Sydney Harbour Bridge 1927 The Age 13 Newspaper Article: Reinforced Concrete Trotter, F. W. Reinforced Concrete 1927 The Age 4 Journal Article: The steel age (Presidential Address 1934) Trotter, F. W. The steel age (Presidential Address 1934) 1935 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1933-1934 6-12