biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1805–60)
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| biography:
| Civil engineer, born in Attercliffe, South Yorkshire, N England, UK. He left school at the age of 13, became articled to George Stephenson in 1823, and began to learn the art of railway civil engineering. After almost 10 years he broke away, and built a large number of important railways in England, Scotland, and Europe. His lines were noted for being straight, and he avoided expensive tunnelling, but in some places the gradients were too steep for economical running. |
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