Joseph Hamilton Beattie
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Joseph Hamilton Beattie was a locomotive engineer with the London and South Western Railway. Joseph Beattie was born in Ireland on 12 May 1808. He was educated in Belfast and initially apprenticed to
Beattie 2-4-0 well tank
Nine Elms Locomotive Works
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Nine Elms Locomotive Works were built in 1839 by the London and South Western Railway adjoining their passenger terminus near the Vauxhall end of Nine Elms Lane, in the district of Nine Elms in the Lo
Joseph Hamilton Beattie
…Grand Junction Railway and from 1837 on the London and Southampton Railway. After the line opened he became the carriage and wagon superintendent at Nine Elms and succeeded John Viret Gooch as locomotive engineer on 1 July 1850. Initially he designed a series of singles, but the weight of the Southampton and…
Ex-LSWR T14 class 4-6-0 on turntable at Nine Elms Locomotive Depot 1 March 1947.