Staff Records circa 1880

[wadihalfa]

Hello,
My wife's great grandfather lived in Newton in the 1880's. His
occupation was chief draughtsman -engineering. He died in 1886 just as
his company was going to send him to India. Is there anyway of finding
out if he worked for Vulcan.
Apparently he designed a special step for the royal train as the then
Princess Alexandra had a bad limp and found it difficult to get on or
off the carriage.

Thanks

Steve Kirby

[John Rhodes]

Hello Steve,

My Great Grandfather George Anders, described in the census as "erector of
engines" went to India with the first six locos from the Vulcan.
I also would like to know if there are still records available.

Regards,

John

[Zen]

John,

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you as I only check this group
every blue moon.

Anyway 1880 is a long way back and I do not have much in the way of
staff records other than the group photo's with names underneath and
the vulcan magazines!

When english electric took over in the mid 1960's a large amount of
records were deposited at liverpool museum where unfortunately a lot
of the photographic material was water damaged. I think the paper
records fared better and the following link to the museum website sort
of describes what they have and how to arrange viewing.

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/pdf/Business-Business%20Collections%20no60.pdf