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Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	17 Nov 2004 08:37
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	What is a Stationery Engine Driver apart from what first comes into your head - operating machinery standing still. Lin
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Esta	Report	17 Nov 2004 08:47
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	STATIONARY ENGINE DRIVER A person who operated a steam engine which was used for pumping water or sewage, or driving machinery in an industrial environment such as a factory, mill or mine. Not a train that stands still then...........LOL Hope it helps Esta
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	17 Nov 2004 09:00
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Ta Esta - you again - you're a mind of information thanks Lin
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	17 Nov 2004 09:02
	My Great Grandad was a stationary engine driver at a Gas Works in London. Basically the engine doesnt go anywhere (hence stationary!) - in this case coke being moved from one part of the site to another. This figures as before that he was a stoker on a ship.
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	17 Nov 2004 09:21
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Thanks Heather Lin