A letter written 7th October 1913 and on headed paper which reads Ferrocarril de Buenos Aires al Pacifico has recently come into my possession.
The author of the letter left Crystal Palace Engineering School in 1911 with qualifications in Steam & the Steam Engine - Pattern Making & Foundry Work. I presume these are the qualifications that would have taken him to work on the railway.
The address is given as; Dept Via y Obras, F.C.B.A.P. Bahia Blanca, La Argentina. Although the content of the letter is on the whole personal there are references to (Russon?) having to go down to B. Blanca to see Steven’s the Divisional Engineer.
I have to admit, as the families genealogist I have been blessed with no knowledge of railways, so would be grateful for anything anyone can tell me, suggest, or a simple guess, at what my cousin may have been doing out in Argentina.
I am willing to forward an email of the letter should anyone think they can help, or wish to read it, but have to pre-warn you that some of the descriptive comments would today be classified as racially offensive
The author of the letter left Crystal Palace Engineering School in 1911 with qualifications in Steam & the Steam Engine - Pattern Making & Foundry Work. I presume these are the qualifications that would have taken him to work on the railway.
The address is given as; Dept Via y Obras, F.C.B.A.P. Bahia Blanca, La Argentina. Although the content of the letter is on the whole personal there are references to (Russon?) having to go down to B. Blanca to see Steven’s the Divisional Engineer.
I have to admit, as the families genealogist I have been blessed with no knowledge of railways, so would be grateful for anything anyone can tell me, suggest, or a simple guess, at what my cousin may have been doing out in Argentina.
I am willing to forward an email of the letter should anyone think they can help, or wish to read it, but have to pre-warn you that some of the descriptive comments would today be classified as racially offensive