Railway Civil Engineers - Everard Calthrop, George Turnbull, William Cubitt, William Beckett, Archibald Jack, Hezekiah Bissell, Gilbert Szlumper (Paperback)

Chapters: Everard Calthrop, George Turnbull, William Cubitt, William Beckett, Archibald Jack, Hezekiah Bissell, Gilbert Szlumper, Joseph Cubitt. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Everard Richard Calthrop (1857 - 1927) was a British railway engineer and inventor. Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow gauge railways, especially of gauge, and was especially prominent in India. His most notable achievement was the Barsi Light Railway; however he is best known in his home country for the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway. Later in life he took an interest in aviation, patenting some early designs for parachutes. Calthrop was born on the 3rd March, 1857, the eldest son of farmer Everard Calthrop. He had 6 brothers, one of whom was Sir Guy Calthrop, general manager of the London