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SIR JAMES B. BALL, chief engineer of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, who died suddenly on September 17, was born in 1867, and started as a railway engineer with the Great Northern Railway in 1890. He served with various companies until he became engineer-in-chief of the Great Central Railway in 1912, a post which he occupied until 1917, when he went to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. During the latter part of the war, Sir James Ball was appointed Controller of Timber Supplies for the Board of Trade, and In 1918 he was knighted. He received the Telford gold medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and was the author of several technical papers communicated to that body. His work included the design and execution of many large-scale railway and dock enterprises.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 106, 119 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106119b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106119b0