Dorothée Pullinger – Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow’s famous professional engineer
About
Dorothée Aurélie Marianne Pullinger MBE. Aero and automobile engineer and entrepreneur trained at Arrol Johnston’s car factory and was headhunted to become the very young supervisor of Vickers Barrow’s thousands of WW1 munitionettes.
Nina Baker will tell the story behind the Dorothée Pullinger’s plaque, which visitors to BAE SYSTEMS Works can see on the right as they cross Michaelson Road Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness.
Speaker: Nina Baker, Independent Engineering Historian
Organised by: IET/PESC
Contact: Anne Morris, (anne.morris@ietvolunteer.org)
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
23 Oct 2024
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Programme
19:00 Registration and Networking
19:30 Talk
21:30 (approx) Conclusion