About Thomas Parker
Lived 1829 – 1903 (aged 74). Thomas Parker was an engineer.
Thomas Parker (11 July 1829 – 25 November 1903) was Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from 1886–1893. He introduced a new type of locomotive in Britain, which used a Belpaire firebox.
Life Parker was born in Ayrshire on 11 July 1829, and began his career as an apprentice at the Greenock works of the Caledonian Railway in 1847. The continuous vacuum brake and internal communication cord were introduced by the railway, gaining Board of Trade approval in 1893.
Parker retired in 1893 and was succeeded by Harry Pollitt. He died in Gorton on 25 November 1903.
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English railway engineer; (1829-1903)
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Thomas Parker was born on 11 July 1829 in Ayrshire.
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Thomas Parker died on 25 November 1903 in Gorton.
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Thomas Parker was an engineer.
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