George Forrester and Company
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George Forrester and Company was a British marine engine and locomotive manufacturer at Vauxhall Foundry in Liverpool, established by Scottish engineer George Forrester. The company opened in 1827 as
SS Liverpool by Samuel Walters On her first voyage to New York October 1838. Lieutenant R. J. Fayrer, RN Commander. Engines by George Forrester & Co. An east-bound vessel of the Black Ball Line on the horizon.
PS Helen MacGregor, lithograph by George Hawkins (1819–1852) from a drawing by Thomas B. Horner, dedicated to Joseph Gee of Hull. "In some of the roughest seas, so well known between Hull and Hamburg, the engines of the Helen Mac Gregor do not seem to suffer the slightest strain in working".
James Cudworth (engineer)
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James I'Anson Cudworth was an English railway engineer, and was Locomotive Superintendent of the South Eastern Railway. He served in this capacity from 1845 to 1876. He is notable for designing a succ
George Forrester and Company
…which were designed for freight, at the factory and confirmed the workmanship was good but required his own modifications and alterations. Under James Cudworth's supervision, on 6 October 1844 the South Eastern Railway (SER) ordered six Stephenson "long boiler" pattern goods 2-4-0 from a "Robert Browne of…
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