Herbert Luther Pringle, December 1961

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Photographer Unknown

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Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

A black and white photograph of Herbert Luther Pringle.

Notes

Herbert Luther Pringle was born at Whitby on April 5, 1885. After his graduation, from the University of Toronto's School of Practical Science, in 1906 he was a railroad engineer for seven years in the Philippines. He then worked on banana plantations as an Irrigation Engineer in Columbia. He returned to Whitby in 1917. In 1925, he became Whitby's Town Engineer, an Engineering Consultant for the Public Utilities Commission. In 1933, he became the Superintendent and Secretary-Treasurer of the P.U.C, and retired in 1961. In the 1920s he was also Assessor, Tax Collector, Building Inspector and Plumbing Inspector. He died in Oshawa on May 1, 1965, and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.
This photograph was printed in the Oshawa Times from Ontario Hydro.

Date of Original

December 1961

Dimensions

Width: 8 in
Height: 10 in

Subject(s)

Engineers
Municipal government
Municipal services
Whitby Public Utilities Commission

Personal Name(s)

Herbert Luther Pringle

Corporate Name(s)

Town of Whitby ; University of Toronto's School of Practical Science ; Public Utilities Commission

Local identifier

08-006-086

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8789811918299 Longitude: -78.942247002716

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