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Edward MacColl
Sir Edward MacColl
Born(1882-07-08)8 July 1882
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Died15 July 1951(1951-07-15) (aged 69)
Edinburgh
OccupationEngineer
SpouseMargaret Donald
Children2 (Alastair, Sheila)

Edward MacColl (8 July 1882 - 15 July 1951), later Sir Edward MacColl, was a Scottish engineer, whose greatest achievements were made during the time he was Vice Chairman and chief executive officer for the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. He was knighted in 1949, and died on 15 July 1951, the day before his wife Lady Margaret MacColl was due to perform the formal opening of the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme.

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