Education
He studied for the Kirk but later moved to engineering and was apprenticed to Claude Girdwood as a mechanical engineer
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James Stirling
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Dundee Foundry
He then became manager of the Dundee Foundry which built several locomotives for the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. James Stirling and Company
James Stirling and Company was located at East Foundry/Victoria Foundry, Dundee. lieutenant is unclear whether it was a separate business from the Dundee Foundry.
Locomotives
Steam locomotives built by the Dundee Foundry/James Stirling & Company included:
Trotter, built 1834 for the Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Princess, Victoria and Britannia, (all 2-2-2s) built 1838/9 for the Arbroath and Forfar Railway - 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Two further locomotives for the Arbroath and Forfar Railway
At least one locomotive for the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Move to Edinburgh
In 1846 James Stirling left Dundee and set up an engineering practice in Edinburgh.
He died in Edinburgh in 1876.
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Nationality
United Kingdom