William McLellan (Scottish electrical engineer)

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Colonel William McLellan CBE (1874–1934) was a Scottish electrical engineer. Born in Palnackie, McLellan joined Charles Merz in 1902 to form the Merz & McLellan consulting engineering partnership. In the 1920s, then Colonel McLellan, he designed the Galloway Hydro-Electric Power Scheme.

References

  • [http://www.scottishpower.com/GallowayHydrosVisitorCentre.asp Power from the Water, Galloway Hydro website]
  • [http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/featured/merz.cfm Charles Merz- Lessons from Boston]
  • [http://www.scottishpower.com/PressReleases_1995.htm Tongland Power Station Turns 75]

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Category:1874 births

Category:1934 deaths

Category:People from Dumfries and Galloway

Category:Scottish electrical engineers

Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Category:20th-century Scottish engineers

Category:British Army officers

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