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Brassey, Thomas
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Brassey, Thomas (1805-1870)

English railway contractor. Among his chief contracts were the Great Northern Railway (1847-51) and railways in France, Italy, Canada, Australia, and India.

He was born near Chester, Cheshire, and began life as a surveyor, based in Birkenhead, now in Merseyside. He undertook a contract for railway work, and in a few years was at the head of a great undertaking which carried out contracts in all parts of the world.



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