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Ralph T. Swallow

(Born: 1837)

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.


1864

Membership

1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Pontop Colliery, Gateshead.


1870

Membership

1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Pontop Colliery, Gateshead; Elected: 1862


1873

Managers Certificate

3 February 1873, Certificate Number: 128 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Southern, Mine: Pontop

First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31), including the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.


1880

Membership

1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Springwell, Gateshead; Elected: 1862


1881

Census

Address: Mount House, Usworth

(Ref: RG11/4984/68/10)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
SWALLOW, Ralph T.  44 Head Mar Mining Engineer  NBL: Killingworth
SWALLOW, Jane A.  44 Wife Mar   DUR: Penshaw
SWALLOW, Mary T.  12 Dau Scholar  DUR: Collierly
SWALLOW, John  11 Son Scholar  DUR: Collierly
SWALLOW, Fredrick C.  10 Son Scholar  DUR: Collierly
SWALLOW, Elizabeth A.  9 Dau Scholar  DUR: Collierly
SWALLOW, Florence  8 Dau Scholar  DUR: Collierly
SWALLOW, Annie M.  6 Dau Scholar  DUR: Usworth
SWALLOW, Ralph S.  3 Son   DUR: Usworth
YOUNG, Lilian  19 Servant Unn Nursery Governess  DUR: Lamesley
PARSONS, Dorothy E.  17 Servant Unn Housemaid  DUR: Harraton
COLLINS, Eliza  35 Servant Unn General Servant  WAR: Rugby


1882

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Springwell   John Bowes & Partners


1884

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Springwell   John Bowes & Partners


1888

Membership

1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Wardley Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Elected: 1862


1889

Membership

1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Wardley Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne.


1890

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 525: Newcastle - Swallow, Ralph T., Agent, Tyne Coal Co. Ltd, Hebburn Colliery
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890


1896

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Howburn   Howburn Coal Co. Ltd., Morpeth

Membership

1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Simonside House, Simonside, South Shields.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1884 List of Mines
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XIV published in 1865
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XX published in 1871
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889

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