Thomas Russell Crampton
British engineer (1816–1888) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the American politician, see Thomas Crampton (politician).
Thomas Russell Crampton, MICE, MIMechE (6 August 1816 – 19 April 1888) was an English engineer born at Broadstairs, Kent, and trained on Brunel's Great Western Railway.
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Born | (1816-08-06)6 August 1816 Broadstairs, Thanet, Kent |
Died | 19 April 1888(1888-04-19) (aged 71) |
Occupation | Railway Engineer |
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He is best known for designing the Crampton locomotive but had many engineering interests including the electric telegraph and the Channel Tunnel for which he designed a boring machine. His locomotives had much better success in France, Germany and Italy than they did in the UK.