Person
Nimmo, William Henry (1861 - 1909)
- Born
- 29 October 1861
Bridge of Allan, Logie, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Died
- 20 August 1909
Armadale, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Electrical engineer
Summary
William Nimmo, CE AssocMInstCE AMIEE, civil and electrical engineer, was Assistant Electrical Engineer, City of Melbourne, 1893-1903, in charge of electric lighting. He was well respected as a man of great ability and broad scientific knowledge. Between 1890 and 1892 he started making steel on the Siemen's-Martin process in a plant that he had set up, but was unable to invest further in its development. In 1903, he moved into private practice, and after he contracted a lung disease, moved to a more rural environment. But his health never recovered.
His son, William Hogarth Robertson Nimmo was also a civil engineer, but possibly due to his father's decline, was unable to complete his electrical engineering and science degrees.
Details
Chronology
- 1864
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia [With his father William Nimmo and mother Jessie Paul]
- 1887 - 1889
- Career position - Pupilage, Otis Engineering Company
- 1888
- Career event - Member, Victorian Engineers Association
- 1889
- Education - Certificate of Civil Engineering (CCE), University of Melbourne
- 1890 - 1893
- Career position - Experimented with steel production, and with iron and silver ore processing.
- 1893 - 1901
- Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, Melbourne City Council [under A J Arnot, during the period when the electric lighting of Melbourne was installed - including engines, boilers, dynamos, poles, wires and lights.]
- 1895
- Career event - Associate (AssocIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
- 1 Dec 1896
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1900
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
- 1901
- Career event - Council member, Victorian Institute of Engineers
- 1901 - 1903
- Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, Melbourne City Council [under H R Harper]
- 1903 - 1909
- Career position - Engineer in private practice
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Published resources
Resources
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 9580, 1896', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
- Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, 'Application: 219, 1895', Electrical Engineer Membership Forms, 1871-1901, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/9058/. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 26 July 2023, Last modified: 27 July 2023