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==Railway Achievements== | ==Railway Achievements== | ||
*1861, engaged as a Clerk in the [[East Indian Railway]] Locomotive Department, [[Howrah]] | *1861, engaged as a Clerk in the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) Locomotive Department, [[Howrah]] | ||
*1866, transferred to the [[EIR Carriage and Wagon | *1866, transferred to the [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|Carriage and Wagon Workshops]] at [[Howrah]]. | ||
*1869, Assistant Carriage & Wagon Superintendent, [[Howrah]] assistant to his brother [[Robert Webb Pearce]] | *1869, Assistant Carriage & Wagon Superintendent, [[Howrah]] assistant to his brother [[Robert Webb Pearce]] | ||
*1889, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent, [[Howrah]] on death of [[Robert Webb Pearce]]<ref>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278, pdf page 333]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2016</ref> | *1889, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent, [[Howrah]] on death of [[Robert Webb Pearce]]<ref>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278, pdf page 333]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2016</ref> | ||
*1892, [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' delegate representing | *1892, [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' delegate representing East Indian Railway(EIR) <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/locomag/lcwr31.htm#133p The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate]; Retrieved 22 Jul 2016</ref>. | ||
*1898, death in England on leave; suceeded by [[Tomyns Reginald Browne]] | *1898, death in England on leave; suceeded by [[Tomyns Reginald Browne]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:37, 22 July 2016
Richard Pearce (1843-1898)
Railway Achievements
- 1861, engaged as a Clerk in the East Indian Railway(EIR) Locomotive Department, Howrah
- 1866, transferred to the Carriage and Wagon Workshops at Howrah.
- 1869, Assistant Carriage & Wagon Superintendent, Howrah assistant to his brother Robert Webb Pearce
- 1889, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent, Howrah on death of Robert Webb Pearce[1]
- 1892, Indian Railway Conference Association, Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' delegate representing East Indian Railway(EIR) [2].
- 1898, death in England on leave; suceeded by Tomyns Reginald Browne
Biography
Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London - Obituary dated 1898 [3].
- Richard Pearce was born in Birmingham in 1843, and was educated at King Edward's Grammar School in that city.
- After serving his time 1850-60 in the railway carriage and wagon works of Messrs. Brown Marshalls and Co. at Saltley, he was sent out to India in 1861 to assist his elder brother Mr. Robert Webb Pearce in the carriage and wagon department of the East Indian Railway at Howrah, Calcutta.
- In 1867 he was appointed assistant carriage superintendent; and on his brother's death in 1889 he succeeded him as carriage and wagon superintendent of the railway.
- On account of failing eye-sight resulting from kidney disease he was invalided home in 1898; and whilst on a visit to his younger sons in Glasgow he died from apoplexy on 5th August 1898 at the age of fifty-five.
- He became a Member of this Institution in 1873.
References
- ↑ Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone Appendix A, pages 278, pdf page 333; Retrieved 7 Jun 2016
- ↑ The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate; Retrieved 22 Jul 2016
- ↑ “Steam Index transcript of the “Proceedings Institution of Mechanical Engineers” for 1889; Retrieved 10 Jun 2016