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<span style="color:#006400">'''MORRIS, Albert Joshua'''</span> (1879-1960)[SS#552-22-4007], born in | <span style="color:#006400">'''MORRIS, Albert Joshua'''</span> (1879-1960)[SS#552-22-4007], born in California, he had a 20-year career working on the ''[[Vaquero]]'' as chief engineer and later captain in the 1920s and 1930s for Vail & Vickers. According to Al's son, Claude Morris (1918-2010): | ||
: “Papa, while working on the Western Enterprise diesel engine in the ''Vaquero'' lost an eye. He was removing a yoke holding starting cylinder air valve that had an air pressure behind it because of a leaky main air valve. With the yoke removed he taped the valve which blew out and it smashed his eye against his nose. He wore a glass eye the rest of his life.” | : “Papa, while working on the Western Enterprise diesel engine in the ''Vaquero'' lost an eye. He was removing a yoke holding starting cylinder air valve that had an air pressure behind it because of a leaky main air valve. With the yoke removed he taped the valve which blew out and it smashed his eye against his nose. He wore a glass eye the rest of his life.” | ||
Revision as of 18:43, 21 January 2023
MORRIS, Albert Joshua (1879-1960)[SS#552-22-4007], born in California, he had a 20-year career working on the Vaquero as chief engineer and later captain in the 1920s and 1930s for Vail & Vickers. According to Al's son, Claude Morris (1918-2010):
- “Papa, while working on the Western Enterprise diesel engine in the Vaquero lost an eye. He was removing a yoke holding starting cylinder air valve that had an air pressure behind it because of a leaky main air valve. With the yoke removed he taped the valve which blew out and it smashed his eye against his nose. He wore a glass eye the rest of his life.”
Albert Joshua Morris (1879-1960) = Grace Mildred Roberts Morris (1882-1980)
- 1. Hazel A. Morris (1902-1968)
- 2. Harold Arthur Morris (1904-1973)
- 3. David Robert Morris (1908-2003) ~ worked many seasons on the Vaquero
- 4. Donald Walter Morris (1910-1999)
- 5. Lucille R. Morris (1912-1996)
- 6. Lyford Merril Morris (1915-1979) [SS#549-14-7644] = Louise F. Widrin
- 7. Claude Russell Morris (1918-2010) = Frances E. Horton
- * Peter Morris
- * Kenneth Morris
Al Morris kept the Vaquero Logbooks in the 1930s, three of which have survived and been transcribed. Each is 100 pages, hand-written daily.
Vaquero Logbooks
- October 1, 1932-January 19, 1934
- January 26, 1934-, August 24,1935
- September 3, 1935- April 8, 1937
