John Aspinall
Mechanical Engineer, Project participant
1851 – 1937
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Who was John Aspinall?
Sir John Audley Frederick Aspinall was a British mechanical engineer who served as Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Southern and Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways. He introduced vacuum brakes to his locomotives in Ireland, a trend which was followed in Britain, and designed several locomotives. He was also president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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- Born
- Aug 25, 1851
Liverpool - Profession
- Education
- Beaumont College
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Jan 19, 1937
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on July 23, 2013
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