. Railway mechanical engineer . hairman of the boardof directors of the Niles-Bement-Pond Company, Plainfield,N. J., died at his summer residence in Belle Haven, Conn., after an illness of morethan two years. Hewas born at Troy, NewYork, but in 1861 hemoved to Cincinnatiwhere he attended thepublic schools andWoodward HighSchool until eighteenyears of age. He nexttook a partial coursein mechanical en-gineering in CornellUniversity. His stu-dent life was followedby employment in thedraughting room andoffice of a companywhich manufacturedsteam pumping ma-chinery at Hamilton,Ohio. In 1877 Mr. McKi
. Railway mechanical engineer . hairman of the boardof directors of the Niles-Bement-Pond Company, Plainfield,N. J., died at his summer residence in Belle Haven, Conn., after an illness of morethan two years. Hewas born at Troy, NewYork, but in 1861 hemoved to Cincinnatiwhere he attended thepublic schools andWoodward HighSchool until eighteenyears of age. He nexttook a partial coursein mechanical en-gineering in CornellUniversity. His stu-dent life was followedby employment in thedraughting room andoffice of a companywhich manufacturedsteam pumping ma-chinery at Hamilton,Ohio. In 1877 Mr. McKinney became associated with theNiles Tool Works and within two years was elected secre-tary of the company. A short time later he became treasurerand general manager. While with this company he hadgained the title of Colonel through his service on the staffof Governor Bushnell, of Ohio. During the reorganizationof the Niles Tool Works, necessitated on account of the rap-idly expanding business, Colonel McKinney was Col. R. C. McKinney
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