Engineers would generally serve an "apprenticeship", either a formal
indentured apprenticeship, or commonly through working with an older
member of the family. The 1880s is a little early for Technical Colleges
and National qualifications, however, it was a period when the quest for
adult education was high on the agenda. Consequently, there could well
have been evening classes or Mechanics institutes where lectures could
be attended, and where there was the opportunity for the more
enthusiastic engineer to study, to supplement the everyday practical
side of engineering.
Barry Job.
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Eve Gardner
Sent: 04 July 2005 17:51
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Subject: Steam engineers and mining
Many thanks to you who answered my question on blacksmiths in mining;
I've learned a lot about mining by reading the chat on this site. Now
another
query: William Hallam's son, also William, was termed a steam/stationary
engineer in 1880 and worked as such for most of his life. In the late
'80s in Cheshire/Lancashire how would he have got his training? Was
there a school he would have gone to or was it all as an apprentice?
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