Person
Jessop, Cecil Palmer (1874 - 1965)
- Born
- 24 February 1874
Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 15 April 1965
South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Mechanical engineer
Summary
Cec Jessop gained his initial engineering skills and knowledge through observation and practical application, by maintaining and making farming and mining equipment and steam engines. Later as a draftsman working for the Toowoomba Foundry, he designed and improved windmill pumps and the engines and boilers of portable steam powered water pumping equipment ordered by the Irrigation Commission of Queensland. After he joined the Intercolonial Boring Company in 1922, he designed the Simplex windmill range that became widely used across Queensland. Although he did not have formal engineering education, Cec earned the title of a 'remarkable mechanical engineer' and one who displayed imagination and ingenuity in a variety of mechanical engineering projects.
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Chronology
- c. 1894 - c. 1907
- Career position - Built and maintained sawmill and mining machinery, Tasmania
- 1908 - 1912
- Career position - Pattern maker, Toowoomba Foundry, Queensland
- 1912 - 1920
- Career position - Designer, Syd Williams Engineering Company
- 1920 - 1922
- Career position - Superintendent of Production, Toowoomba Foundry, Queensland
- 1922 - 1942
- Career position - Engineer, Intercolonial Boring Company, Queensland
- 1925
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Patterson, W., 'Case study - Cec Jessop 'an engineer'', in Engineering Conference 1978: Engineers Developing a Better World; Conference Papers (Barton, ACT: Institution of Engineers Australia, 1978), p. 96., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.612111146016293. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 15 January 2026