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1920 (Creation)
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6 p. of textual records
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H. Sydney Hancock Jr. was born in Cornwall, England, on 10 July 1879. He was educated in England at Cambridge and became an engineer. He arrived in the United States in 1901 and worked on the Illinois Central and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads in heavy construction. From 1906 to 1911 Hancock was Waterworks Engineer for the City of Fort William in which capacity he was mainly responsible for the construction of the Loch Lomond water supply system. He also supervised the construction of street rail lines, paving, sidewalks, fire halls and bridges. He worked from 1911 to 1913 as a consulting engineer in Vancouver in partnership with Mr. John Coates before returning to Fort William in 1913 to develop harbour frontage for Viscount Clifden. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers in England in 1915 and served overseas. When released from service in 1919 Hancock returned to Fort William and continued supervising local construction, including submitting the prize winning, but unbuilt design for Fort William's war memorial.
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Formerly catalogued in the Thunder Bay Museum collection, 980.116.10 A-F.
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The H. Sydney Hancock Jr. fonds consists of his application for the position of City Engineer of Vancouver, B.C., March 1920. Includes a resume and a letter of reference. Also includes a letter to F.W. Peters, General Superintendent, C.P.R., Vancouver, regarding the application.
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