Thomas Higinbotham
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Thomas Higinbotham, was an Irish-born civil engineer and civil servant, particularly associated with the development of railway projects in England and Australia.
PORTRAIT OF T HIGINBOTHAM, Engineer in Chief
Thomas Higinbotham
George Christian Darbyshire
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George Christian Darbyshire was an English and Australian civil engineer. He was the second son of George Darbyshire, also a surveyor and railway engineer.
Thomas Higinbotham
…Chief Engineer of Roads and Bridges in the colony. In 1860 he was appointed engineer-in-chief of the Victorian Railways, replacing the first engineer George Christian Darbyshire. Higinbotham supervised the surveying and construction of all new Victorian lines (his first projects were lines to Ballarat and Echuca via Bendigo…
George Christian Darbyshire