John Urpeth Rastrick - Chronology
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| JUR | Technology | Major events | |
| 1603-4 first recorded Rayle-way,
near Nottingham
1767 (by) iron rails, Coalbrookdale 1779 Ironbridge opened at Coalbookdale, cast at Ketley |
1760-1820 George III
1776 American Declaration of Independence |
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| 1780 | 1780, Jan 26. JUR Born Bullers Green,
Morpeth, Northumberland
1780, Mar 28, JUR baptised |
1783 End of war of American Independence | |
| 1785 | Educated at village school, Bullers Green | 1789 French revolution begins | |
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| 1795 | c1795 apprenticed to his father, John Rastrick | ||
| 1800 | c1802 Ketley Ironworks, Shropshire, William Reynolds | 1803 Surrey Iron Rly opened
1804, Feb 13, Trevithick Penydarren locomotive |
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| 1805 | 1805 Working for John & Samuel
Fereday (iron masters), Bilston, near Wolverhampton
c1807 partnership with John Hazeldine, Bridgnorth 1808 Trevithick's Catch Me Who Can, London 1808 Thames Driftway - Trevithick |
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1807 Slave trade abolished 1808-14 Peninsular War |
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| 1810 | 1810, Dec 24, married Sarah Jervis
1811, Sep 10, son John born 1812 travelled to Bristol, South Wales, Swansea, Ilfracombe and Cornwall where he spent several days with Trevithick 1813, Jun 2, daughter Sarah baptised, Bridgnorth 1814, Apr 1, Patent, No 3799, for a steam engine. 1814 nine engines built by Hazeldine, Rastrick and Co for Trevithick shipped to Peru. |
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| 1815 | 1816, Jul 24, Chepstow Bridge opened
1817 left partnership with Hazeldine 1818, Jan 30, daughter Mary baptised, Bridgnorth 1818, Jan 30, son Henry baptised, Bridgnorth 1819, Jun 24, Foster, Rastrick & Co formed, Stourbridge |
1815 Battle of Waterloo | |
| 1820 | 1820 moved family to
Stourbridge
1820 son Frederick James born, Stourbridge 1821, Jun 10, son George baptised, Stourbridge 1822 appointed engineer to Stratford on Avon - Moreton in the Marsh railway (horse traction) |
1820-30 George IV | |
| 1825 | 1825, Jan, engaged by promoters
of Liverpool & Manchester Rly to visit collieries in N. England, report
on tram roads and engines.
1825, Apr, Witness before Parliamentary Committee, in support of L & M, which was opposed by canal companies. 1826-7 constructed Stratford on Avon-Moreton in the Marsh Rly 1827 Member Institute Civil Engineers 1828 appointed by L&M, with James Walker, to compare fixed and locomotive engines on railways 1829, Jan, toured northern railways for L&M report. 1829, Mar 9, L&M report submitted 1829, Jun 2, opening of Shutt End Railway 1829, Sept, engineer for Kenyon & Leigh Railway 1829, Oct 8, Rainhill trials, Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1829 Stourbridge Lion, Delaware, Hudson, Agenoria locomotives |
1825 Stockton and Darlington
Rly
1829 Rocket won Rainhill trials. |
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| 1830 | 1830 with George Stephenson, surveyed
Grand Junction Rly.
1831, Jun 30 Foster, Rastrick & Co dissolved 1833 Member of the Society of Arts 1833 consulted over a Leicestershire canal (bill withdrawn) 1835 appointed engineer to Manchester & Cheshire Junction Rly. |
1830 Liverpool and Manchester Rly. | 1830-7 William IV
1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire 1837-1901 Victoria |
| 1835 | 1836 aid sought by promoters of
London & Brighton line
1837, Jan 19, elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1838, Jan 23, with Sir John Rennie, Chief Engineer, London & Brighton Rly. 1838 connected with, but not built - Lewes-Newhaven ship canal, South Metropolitan Rly, West Cumberland Rly. 1839, Jun 28, witness for Select Committee to inquire into the state of communication by railways. 1839 connected but not built, with Manchester-Derby Rly 1839 surveyed West Cumberland, Furness & Morecambe Rly (not built until 1856) |
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| 1840 | 1840, Jan 14, half yearly report
to Directors of London & Brighton
1840, May 12 Brighton-Shoreham branch opened 1840 connected with, but not built: Stockport-Macclesfield Rly, Leek, Stoke on Trent Rly, Birmingham and Stourbridge Junction Canal. 1841, early in year, plans, with others, for London Bridge station (not built) 1841 Jul 12, London & Croydon-Haywards Heath section opened, London & Brighton Rly. 1841, Sep 21, Haywards Heath-Brighton section opened, London & Brighton Rly. 1841 Living in London, 46, Eaton Square, office at 454 Strand 1842 connected with Croydon-Vauxhall railway (not built) |
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| 1845 | 1845, Aug 12, witness for Parliamentary
Commission to inquire into gauge of railways
1845 17 railways under his direction. 1845-6 connected with direct London-Manchester rly (not built) 1847 Consulting Engineer for London & Brighton Railway 1847 retired to Sayes Court House, Addlestone, Chertsey, Surrey, 1848, letter to Commission on Application of Iron to Railway Structures. |
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| 1850 | 1853 involved in award to Stephenson concerning Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. | 1851 Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London. | 1854-6 Crimean War |
| 1855 | 1856, Nov 1, died Sayes Court House | 1856 Bessemer steel | |
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| 1885 Agenoria presented to nation (now at York Railway Museum) |
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