Background
Mellin, Carl Johan was born on February 17, 1851 in Westergotland, Sweden. Son of Sven and Maria Elizabeth (Bjorn) Mellin.
Mellin, Carl Johan was born on February 17, 1851 in Westergotland, Sweden. Son of Sven and Maria Elizabeth (Bjorn) Mellin.
College and technical education in Sweden. Apprentice in railway offices and general machine works and 3 years’ technical course at Gothemburg to 1873. Draftsman Gothemburg, 1873-1877.
Mechanic engineer and naval architect in Sweden and with Robert Napier & Son, Scotland, the Caledonian Locomotive Works, and with Erickberg and Atlas Works, Sweden.
Came to America, 1887.
Mechanics engineer, New York, 1889-1894. Chief engineer Richmond (Virginia) Locomotive Works, 1894-1902. Construction engineering American Locomotive Company, since 1902.
Home: Schenectady, New New York
Married Gertrude Alice Levie, December 31, 1889.
