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Joseph Locke
1805Aug, 9

Joseph Locke

Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (d. 1860)
Joseph Locke FRSA (9 August 1805 – 18 September 1860) was a notable English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel as one of the major pioneers of railway development.

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