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 167,085 pages of information and 246,711 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.

William Gowland

From Graces Guide
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William Gowland ( -1875)

Brother of Jim Gowland

Driver for the Royal George for the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Drove the Sans Pareil at the Rainhill Trials

He later accompanied the Sans Pareil to the Bolton and Leigh Railway where he ran it for some years.

1875 Died a few weeks before the S&DR Railway Jubilee


See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923.