People/engineer

Edwin Gilpin

Edwin Gilpin (1850–1907), engineer, from Canada. Linked to coal.

Legacy

Inspector of mines in Nova Scotia after the 1891 Springhill explosion that killed 125 men and boys. DCB says he made a material difference to mine safety.1

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Partner ofHenry Skeffington PooleBoth Nova Scotia engineers pressed for safer mines after accidents there.2

Sources

  1. GILPIN, EDWIN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  2. POOLE, HENRY SKEFFINGTON Dictionary of Canadian Biography

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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