Arthur Moore Thompson, M. Inst. C.E., railway signal engineer for London and North Western Railway.
1849 Born in West Derby
1872 Joined the London and North Western Railway[1] at Crewe.
1873 Designed and patented a duplex planing machine
1880 Assistant Signal Superintendent of the London and North Western Railway Company.[2]
1881 Arthur M. Thompson 32, civil engineer, lived in Abergele with Agnes Thompson 29, Agnes M. Thompson 2[3]
1882 Elected Associate member of Inst Civil Engineers
1887 Elected Member of Inst Civil Engineers
1894 Patent with Francis William Webb on "Improvements in Staff and Ticket Apparatus for Controlling the Traffic on Single Line Railways." Several examples of the Webb & Thompson patented signal interlock equipment are in the Science Museum[4]
1894 Patent with John Troughton Roberts on "Improvements in Locking Bars for Railway Switches."
1895 Patent with William Walter Gerald Webb on "A Rotary Gas or Oil Motor for Driving Tricycles or other Light Vehicles"
1896 Patent with Francis William Webb on "Improvements in Steam Generators."
1897 Patent with Francis William Webb on "Improvements in Apparatus for Working Railway Points and Signals by Electric Power."
1897 Patent with Francis William Webb and George Edwards on "Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Controlling the Traffic on Single Lines of Railway."
1899 Patent with Francis William Webb on "Improvements in Apparatus for Working Railway Points and Signals by Electricity."
1902 Patent with Francis William Webb on "Improvements in Apparatus for Working Railway Points and Signals by Electric Power."
1911 Arthur Moore Thompson Senior 62, civil engineer, lived in Crewe with Arthur Moore Thompson Junior 26, mechanical engineer[5]
1912 Retired.
1923 Died in Havant[6]