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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Edward George Silk

Mr. Edward George Silk , who has been engineer of the Lady Annie Dredge since 1904, was born in 1880, at Lawrence, Otago, and educated at the Boys' High School, Dunedin. He served three years' apprenticeship to Mr Joseph Sparrow, engineer, of that city, and was employed for eighteen months with Messrs Stevenson and Pool, and for a like period at the Otago Foundry. After gaining a firstclass engineer's certificate, Mr Silk was appointed engineer of the Golden Glen dredge (now known as the Otago No. 2 dredge), at Island Rock. He held that position for six months, and afterwards was a year on the Waikaia United No 2 dredge, and nine months on the Garden Gully dredge at Waikaka, before being appointed to his present position at Waikaia. Mr Silk finds recreation in amateur photography.