Joseph Armstrong (other)
Joseph Armstrong may refer to: * Joseph Armstrong (engineer) (1816–1877), locomotive engineer from Britain * Joseph G. Armstrong (1867–1931), American politician, mayor of Pittsburgh * Joseph L. Armstrong, American academic * Jim Armstrong (wrestler) (1917–1981), Australian wrestler, bronze medalist at 1948 Olympics * Joseph Armstrong (footballer) (1892–1966), English footballer * Joseph Elijah Armstrong (1866–1931), Canadian politician * Joseph Hunter Armstrong (born 2001), American swimmer and 2020 Olympic gold medalist See also

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Joseph Armstrong (engineer)
Joseph Armstrong (born Bewcastle, Cumberland, 21 September 1816, died Matlock Bath 5 June 1877) was an English locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway. His younger brother George and one of his sons ("Young Joe") also became outstanding engineers in the employment of the GWR. Career Early years to 1847 After a spell in Canada, in 1824 Joseph's family took up residence in Newburn-on-Tyne, where his father Thomas became a bailiff to the Duke of Northumberland. Joseph attended Bruce's School in Newcastle, where Robert Stephenson had also been a pupil. In 1823 Robert Stephenson, in collaboration with his father George, had set up his locomotive works in the city. Moreover, Newburn was at one end of the Wylam Waggonway, where the sight of the famous locomotives Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly must have inspired young Joseph's enthusiasm as an engineer. Newburn also had colliery railways worked by stationary engines, and it was at one o ...
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