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Papers of Harry Stephenson Ellis MIEE MIMechE (1881-1967)

UK0108 NAEST 155

1907-1962

6 folders

English.

Harry Stephenson Ellis was born in 1881 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and he was educated at St Bees School Cumberland. On leaving school he became an apprentice with Cardiff Corporation Electricity and Tramways Departments and he attended classes at Cardiff Technical College. In 1904 he was appointed as an Assistant Engineer to the Departments. In 1907 he became the City of Bradford's Chief Assistant Electrical Engineer, and he was promoted to Deputy City Electrical Engineer and Manager of the Electricity Department in 1910. In 1912 he moved to South Shields to become the Borough Electrical Engineer, and during the First World War he served with No. 3 Signals Section of the Durham Royal Engineers Volunteer Home Force. In 1919 he became Borough Electrical Engineer in Southampton. This was a short-lived post, as Ellis resigned in 1920 following an acrimonious strike during which he kept the Borough's electricity supply running. He returned to Cardiff to join his brother Arthur in a consulting firm, A. Ellis and Partners, but in 1923 he returned to municipal electricity supply when he was appointed as Chief Engineer and Manager of the West Gloucestershire Power Co. Ltd, where he remained until his retirement in 1947. Mr Ellis joined the IEE as an Associate Member in 1906 and became a Member in 1913. He was an active member of the IEE's Western Section and served as its Chairman in 1938-39. He was also a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. For more information see the IET Archives Biography: Harry Ellis https://www.theiet.org/membership/library-and-archives/the-iet-archives/biographies/henry-ellis

Electric power generation, Power stations, Electricity supply industry

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