![]() Their first son, James Jr., was born March 30, 1840, and then they had five more children. ![]() Before departing, he appointed Francis chief engineer, and sold him his house on Worthen Street. A year later, James and his boss, Whistler, travelled north to Lowell, Massachusetts, where at the age of 19, he got a draftsman job with the Locks and Canal Company, and Whistler became chief engineer.Ī few years later, in 1837, Whistler resigned, and went to work on Russia's major railroads. His first job was in Stonington, Connecticut, as an assistant to the railway engineer George Washington Whistler Jr., working on the New York and New Haven Railroad. ![]() When he turned 18, he decided to emigrate to the United States, in 1833. He started his engineering career at the early age of seven as he worked as his father's apprentice at the Porth Cawl Railway and Harbor Works in South Wales. James Francis was born in South Leigh, near Witney, Oxfordshire, in England, United Kingdom. James Bicheno Francis (– September 18, 1892) was a British-American civil engineer, who invented the Francis turbine.Įarly years The Lowell canal system as it appeared when Francis joined the Proprietors of Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River in 1836 South Leigh, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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