Plaque for Benjamin Thompson, Wylam Railway Station
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Plaque for Benjamin Thompson, Wylam Railway Station
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 1 May 2018
The plaque is high up on the west end of the Station-master's house Image but can be read easily from a platform above road level at the north end of the footbridge Image BENJAMIN THOMPSON 1779-1867 ENGINEER AND IRONMASTER Born near Sheffield, Thompson became prominent in the North of England as an engineer, ironmaster, and colliery owner. In 1825 he became a director of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and surveyed the route for this line, supervising the later stages of its construction between 1833 and 1835. In 1835 he also established Wylam Ironworks where locomotives were built for several years and a year later he was responsible for the erection of Wylam Bridge to link the village to the new railway. BICENTENARY 1779-1979.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.974881
Longitude
-1.814218