Charles Cochrane

Charles Cochrane

Charles Cochrane (1835 Blackbrook, Belper, Derbyshire - 1898) was a British engineer. He was a leading authority on blast furnaces.[1] He secured a patent for dehumidifing air.[2]

Life

In 1850, he studied at Kings College, London. He worked with Samuel Holden Blackwell, at Russell's Hall Iron Works, and other blast-furnaces, mills and forges.

His father, Alexander Brodie Cochrane, was the owner of Woodside Iron Works. In 1855, he went to the Ormesby Iron Works. In 1856, he became a partner with his father.[3]

The Woodside Iron Works supplied many important structures, including the Holborn Viaduct, Westminster Bridge, Cannon Street Railway Bridge, Charing Cross railway station, and the Runcorn Railway Bridge. They helped relocate the Hungerford Suspension Bridge from the Thames to the Clifton Suspension Bridge at Bristol.

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Preceded by
Edward Hamer Carbutt
President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1889
Succeeded by
Joseph Tomlinson

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