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James Manson (engineer)
James Manson (1845–1935) was a Scottish engineer, born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire. He was Locomotive Superintendent of two Scottish railway companies. Career Manson obtained employment at the Kilmarnock works of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR) in September 1861 and worked there for eight years. He then spent one year at Barclay Curle and Company, shipbuilders of Govan. This was followed by five years at sea with the Bibby Line during which time he became a chief engineer. He worked again at the GSWR Kilmarnock works from 1875 to October 1883. His next appointment was as Locomotive Superintendent at the Great North of Scotland Railway but he returned to the GSWR in 1890 or 1891 and was appointed Locomotive Superintendent. Retirement and death Manson retired from the GSWR in 1911. He died in Kilmarnock on 5 June 1935.steamindex.com See also * Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway *Locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway The locomotives o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saltcoats
Saltcoats ( gd, Baile an t-Salainn) is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore. It is part of the 'Three Towns' conurbation along with Ardrossan and Stevenston and is the third largest town in North Ayrshire. History In the late eighteenth century, several shipyards operated at Saltcoats, producing some sixty to seventy ships. The leading shipbuilder was William Ritchie, but in 1790 he moved his business to Belfast. By the early nineteenth century, the town had stopped producing ships. Saltcoats Town Hall, which dates back to 1826, is a Category B listed building. In 2018, a statue to commemorate the popular football Bobby Lennox, from the town, was constructed across from the main station. Governance Saltcoats is part of the North Ayrshire and Arran constituency in the House of Commons and Cunningh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cowan (engineer)
William Cowan may refer to: * William Cowan (footballer) (1900–1979), English footballer * William Cowan (fur trader) (1818–1902), of the Hudson's Bay Company * William Cowan (politician) (1825–1899), reeve of North Gower Township, Ontario *William Henry Cowan (1862–1932), Scottish politician *W. Maxwell Cowan (William Maxwell Cowan, 1931–2002), South African neuroscientist *Mo Cowan (William Maurice Cowan, born 1969), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts * William Cowan (engineer) (1823–1898) * Bill Cowan (born 1943), security expert * Bill Cowan (tennis) (born 1959), Canadian tennis player *Billy Cowan (born 1938), retired baseball player * Billy Cowan (footballer) (1896–?), Scottish footballer See also *Cowan (surname) Cowan is a surname of both Scottish-Irish and Jewish origins. As a Scottish or Irish surname The name Cowan is first seen in the historical record in the UK and Ireland among Briton people in the Scottish and English borderlands. It derives from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Engineers
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People From Ayr
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19th-century Scottish People
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1935 Deaths
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1845 Births
Events January–March * January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''. * January 23 – The United States Congress establishes a uniform date for federal elections, which will henceforth be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. * January 29 – ''The Raven'' by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time, in the '' New York Evening Mirror''. * February 1 – Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, signs the charter officially creating Baylor University (the oldest university in the State of Texas operating under its original name). * February 7 – In the British Museum, a drunken visitor smashes the Portland Vase, which takes months to repair. * February 28 – The United States Congress approves the annexation of Texas. * March 1 – President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Drummond (engineer)
Peter Drummond (1850–1918) was a Scottish Locomotive Superintendent with the Highland Railway from 1896 to 1911 and with the Glasgow and South Western Railway from 1912 to 1918. He was the younger brother of the engineer Dugald Drummond. Locomotives Locomotives designed by Peter Drummond include: *Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-0 Class goods engine *Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-4T Class The Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-4T or X class were large tank engines originally intended for banking duty. They were designed by Peter Drummond. Construction The first four were built by the North British Locomotive Company and delivered ... banking engine * Highland Railway L Class 4-4-0 passenger engine * Highland Railway Ben Class 4-4-0 passenger engine * G&SWR 'Austrian Goods' 2-6-0 References 1850 births 1918 deaths British mechanical engineers Locomotive builders and designers Glasgow and South Western Railway people {{UK-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Smellie
Hugh Smellie (3 March 1840, in Ayr – 19 April 1891, at Bridge of Allan) was a Scottish engineer. He was locomotive superintendent of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway from 1870–1878, the Glasgow and South Western Railway from 1878–1890 and the Caledonian Railway in 1890. See also *Locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway The locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR). The G&SWR had its headquarters in Glasgow with its main locomotive works in Kilmarnock. Engines inherited from constituent companies The G&SWR was formed in 1850 from a merger of ... * Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway References 1840 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Scottish people People from Ayr Scottish engineers British railway pioneers Scottish railway mechanical engineers Caledonian Railway people Glasgow and South Western Railway people 19th-century British businesspeople {{Scotland-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Johnson (railway Engineer)
James Johnson was an English railway engineer, and was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) from 1890-1894. He was the son of Samuel Waite Johnson, of Midland Railway fame. Locomotive designs At the GNSR, he designed the locomotive classes listed below. Both classes survived into the ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. * GNoSR class R (LNER Class G10) 0-4-4T Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles. This type was only used ... * GNoSR class S (LNER Class D41) 4-4-0 See also Locomotives of the Great North of Scotland Railway References English railway mechanical engineers Locomotive builders and designers Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{England-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locomotives Of The Glasgow And South Western Railway
The locomotives of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR). The G&SWR had its headquarters in Glasgow with its main locomotive works in Kilmarnock. Engines inherited from constituent companies The G&SWR was formed in 1850 from a merger of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) and the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway (GD&CR). A number of other companies were absorbed by the G&SWR or its predecessors, including the Ardrossan Railway, the Paisley and Renfrew Railway and the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. Engines built by the Glasgow and South Western Railway One notable feature of the G&SWR’s locomotive stock was its aversion to tank locomotive, tank engines. Until very late on in the company’s history these were used only when circumstances absolutely demanded it. Patrick Stirling (1853-1866) See Patrick Stirling (railway engineer), Patrick Stirling James Stirling (1866-1878) See James Stirling (1835-1917), James Stirling Hugh Smelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire to the north-east, Dumfriesshire to the south-east, and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south. Like many other counties of Scotland it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800. The electoral and valuation area named Ayrshire covers the three council areas of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire, therefore including the Isle of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. These three islands are part of the historic County of Bute and are sometimes included when the term ''Ayrshire'' is applied to the region. The same area is known as ''Ayrshire a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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