Thomas Elliot Harrison was an English engineer. Born in Fulham, London, he was raised in the north east of England, where his father was a promoter of early railway companies; after an apprenticeship
T.E. Harrison painted by Walter William Ouless c.1884
Victoria viaduct, river Wear
Monkwearmouth railway bridge, river Wear
Skelton railway viaduct (swing bridge)
The North Eastern Railway was an English railway company. It was incorporated by the combination of several existing railway companies by the North-eastern Railway Company's Act 1854. Later, it was am
Thomas Elliot Harrison
…York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, and retained that title during the company's amalgamations with other north eastern railway firms, becoming the North Eastern Railway's first chief engineer at its formation in 1854, a position he held until his death in 1888. The best known works he was involved with are bridges…
North Eastern Railway Heraldic Device
The North Eastern Railway headquarters in York designed by Horace Field and completed in 1906. Now The Grand hotel
Brompton station on the Leeds Northern line in 1961