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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JohnUrpethRastrick (26 January 1780 – 1 November 1856) was one of the first English steam locomotive builders. In partnership with James Foster, he formed...
of 1839. It was designed by the principal engineer for the line, JohnUrpethRastrick. The architect of the London to Brighton railway, David Mocatta is...
Hastings Railway by the locomotive engineer and railway architect JohnUrpethRastrick, the sharply curving structure has 27 arches and about 10 million...
during the 1780s. January 26 – JohnUrpethRastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (died 1856). October...
Catch Me Who Can was constructed during 1808 by the engineers JohnUrpethRastrick and John Hazledine at their foundry in Bridgnorth, England. It was demonstrated...
Railroad (b. 1787). November 1 - JohnUrpethRastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (b. 1780). Rivanna Chapter...
the horse-drawn Stratford and Moreton Tramway. It was designed by JohnUrpethRastrick. It consists of eight elliptical arches, and is made from brick,...
of the trials. Three notable engineers were selected as judges: JohnUrpethRastrick, a locomotive engineer of Stourbridge, Nicholas Wood, a mining engineer...
new locomotive called Catch Me Who Can, built for him by John Hazledine and JohnUrpethRastrick at Bridgnorth in Shropshire, and named by Davies Giddy's...
railway line is the Ouse Valley Viaduct. Designed and engineered by JohnUrpethRastrick (1780–1856) in consultation with the talented architect David Mocatta...
opens for coal traffic. June 24 – James Foster and JohnUrpethRastrick partner to form Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that will build the...
newly enlarged layout also accommodating the South Eastern Railway. JohnUrpethRastrick claimed to have suggested the idea to Hutton Gregory. The semaphore...
cast iron bridge (design 1812), redesigned and built in 1816 by JohnUrpethRastrick Plymouth Breakwater (1812–1841) completed by his son Southwark Bridge...
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on 29 July 1844. The work was started by September, engineered by JohnUrpethRastrick. The route crossed a valley with the London Road viaduct and then...
inconvenient for travellers to and from Westminster. As early as 1842 JohnUrpethRastrick had proposed that the railway should build a branch to serve the...
manufacturing company was headed by James Foster (1786–1853) and John UrpethRastrick (1780–1856). 1835: Der Adler the first steam locomotive in Germany...
between May and August 1841. The platform accommodation was built by JohnUrpethRastrick and consisted of four pitched roofs each 250 ft long (76 m). It opened...
laid at Hassocks on 4 February the following year. The engineer was JohnUrpethRastrick and the stations were designed by David Mocatta. In total, around...
large new station were drawn up, designed jointly by Lewis Cubitt, JohnUrpethRastrick and Henry Roberts. Drawings were published in the Illustrated London...
British railways with GMT hand-carried on chronometers. JohnUrpethRastrick retires from Foster, Rastrick and Company, the English firm that built the first...
Clay, with five ventilation shafts. The engineer for the line was JohnUrpethRastrick; the contractor responsible for the brick-lined tunnel is not known...
curving brick structure which stood in empty fields when built by JohnUrpethRastrick in 1846. Development had not yet reached this part of Brighton because...