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 167,719 pages of information and 247,131 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.

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(1884-1969) Railway Manager. Born at Kew.

Best known for:

  • Planning and initiation of major Southampton Docks extension
  • Completion of Southern Railway electrification scheme.
  • General Manager of the Southern Railway 1937

For almost 25 years he was the right-hand man of Herbert Walker on the London and South Western Railway and the Southern Railway

Sources of Information

Chris de Winter Hebron, 50 Famous Railwaymen, 2005