Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | James Fairlie (or Fairie or Farrie) Blair |
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| Born: | 28 November 1831 |
| Died: | 2 August 1876 |
| Bio Notes: | James Fairlie (or Fairie or Fairrie - sources vary) Blair was born on 28 November 1831 at Irvine in Ayrshire and trained under John Miller. He worked under John Fowler on railway projects in the west and north-west of Ireland, later becoming consulting engineer to the Minho District Railway of Portugal. By 1863 he had returned to Edinburgh and set up in private practice. Almost immediately he got the job of engineering the City of Glasgow Union Railway, but the physical and mental strain proved too much, and he died on 2 August 1876 while convalescing at Schuls Unter Engadin in Switzerland. He left £18,849. His practice was became Crouch & Hogg. |
Private and Business Addresses
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| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | |||
Employment and Training
Employers
| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| John Miller | Apprentice | |||
Employees or Pupils
| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| William Gardner Rowan | 1868 or 1869 | 1870 or 1871 | Assistant | |
| Leslie Ower | 1872 | 1874 | Assistant | |
Buildings and Designs
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| Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | |
| c. 1864 | St Enoch's Railway Station and Hotel and Office Block | Glasgow | Scotland | With Peddie & Kinnear | ||
References
Bibliographic References
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| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Johnston, Colin and Hume, J R | 1979 | Glasgow Stations | Newton Abbot: David and Charles | ||
| Scotlands People Website | Wills & Testaments | Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills SC70/4/165 and Sheriff Court Inventories SC70/1/181 | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this : | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers | 1877 | XLIX | pp258-9 | |