biography
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Rastrick, John (Urpeth)
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| lived:
| (1780–1856)
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| biography:
| Civil and mechanical engineer, born in Morpeth, Northumberland, NE England, UK. Articled to his father, from c.1801 he gained experience with several firms of iron-founders, and designed and built the cast-iron bridge over the Wye at Chepstow (1815–16). He was engineer of the Stratford & Moreton horse-drawn railway (1822), and in 1826, with George Stephenson, supported the use of steam locomotives on the Liverpool & Manchester railway. His locomotive, the Stourbridge Lion, was the first to run in North America. His greatest achievement was the London & Brighton railway, opened in 1841, which included the 37-span Ouse viaduct and three major tunnels. |
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