Farquharson, Ronald

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Ronald Farquharson, M.I.C.E., B.Sc was a Chartered Civil Engineer who studied at University College, Dundee before graduating from St Andrew's University. He was a member of the University Officer Training Corps (1936-1940). As an officer in the Royal Engineers he served in India, Burma and the Far East during World War II. He was the Resident Engineer for the construction of Queen Elizabeth Wharf at Dundee Harbour in the early 1950s and wrote the history of the Harbour for the 1951 Harbour Handbook. After the completion of Queen Elizabeth Wharf in 1954 (now the site of new housing), Mr Farquharson worked as a consulting engineer. He returned to Dundee Harbour as Port Engineer in 1971 where he remained until his retirement in 1985 at the age of 65. Photographs were taken for strategic purposes during the Cold War and retained by Mr Farquharson as engineer to the Defence Planning Group.

From the guide to the Ronald Farquharson Collection, 1951 - 1958, (University of Dundee)

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