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John Urpeth Rastrick
Born(1780-01-26)26 January 1780
Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Died1 November 1856(1856-11-01) (aged 76)
Chertsey, Surrey, England

John Urpeth Rastrick (26 January 1780 – 1 November 1856) was one of the first English steam locomotive builders. In partnership with James Foster, he formed Foster, Rastrick and Company, the locomotive construction company that built the Stourbridge Lion in 1829 for export to the Delaware and Hudson Railroad in America. From the 1830s he concentrated on civil engineering with his major project from 1838 being the construction of the London and Brighton Railway.

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