The Archivist of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George
Street, Westminster, LONDON SW1P 3AA is very helpful and will see if
Duncan Shaw is in their records. I cannot speak for the mining
institutions but it is worth a try.
Michael Messenger
In message <001201c095de$5e33b820$bff62ec3@arturo>, Arturo Shaw
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> Hi,
>
> I am new to the list.
>
> I am looking for all and any information about the firm "The
> Linares Lead Mining Comp." created in 1849 by a london firm (I am
> also interested in this firm). I have also found it named as Mining
> Comp. Limited. This company was in charge of a mine called Pozo
> Ancho in Linares, Spain where they installed the first machines to
> pump out the water.
>
> The reason why I am interested is (again) that one of the directors
> of this mine was my ancestor Duncan Shaw, and I am writing a book
> about him.
>
> I have being contacting most universities in order to know
> where could he have obtained his title of Civil and Mining Engineer
> without success till now.
>
> Any help about where or how to obtain information on those subjects
> would be welcome.
> Thanks in advance
>
> Arturo Shaw
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