biography
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| lived:
| (1820–95)
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| biography:
| Mechanical engineer, born in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, SW Scotland, UK. The most eminent of a remarkable family of locomotive engineers, he was apprenticed to his uncle, James (1800–76), who was manager of the Dundee Foundry which built steamers and locomotives. In 1853 he was appointed the locomotive superintendent of the Glasgow & South Western Railway. He moved to the Great Northern Railway in Doncaster in 1866, and succeeded his cousin as chief locomotive superintendent. He is best-known for his 8-ft diameter driving wheel 4–2–2 ‘Stirling Single’ (1870), which became a legend for its speed and power. |
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