Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,689 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Meakin and Dean

From Graces Guide

Railway contractors

Initially the partnership of George Meakin and John William Dean

Later Meakin's sons George and John Meakin became partners.

Works carried out included:

  • Doubling the London and North-Western Railway main line at Watford, including a tunnel
  • Tunnel through Primrose Hill for the London and North-Western Railway main line
  • Tunnel through Primrose Hill (Belsize) for the Midland Railway
  • Extending the London and North-Western Railway to Northampton, including the deep cutting at Roade
  • The Bala and Festiniog Railway
  • The Alnwick and Cornhill branch of the North-Eastern Railway
  • Wirral Railway
  • Parts of the Wrexham Mole and Connahs Quay Railway
  • Work for the Rhymney and Great Western Railways.

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