Brassey, Thomas
Other Business Names:
- Mackenzie, William, & Co
- Mackenzie & Brassey
- Brassey, Peto & Betts
- Canada Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, North West, England
- Canada
- France
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Construction
Railways construction & civil engineering
Notes:
Thomas Brassey, 1805-70, emerged in the 1840s as the world leading railway contractor. By 1826 he was a partner in a land surveying business at Birkenhead and in early 1830s started railway contracting, from the outset working on major projects. In 1840s this work extended overseas, especially to France where he often worked in partnership with William Mackenzie, of William Mackenzie & Co, as Mackenzie & Brassey, but also to the rest of Europe and many countries beyond. One of his major projects was Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and for this established Canada Works, Birkenhead, to manufacture the necessary equipment. Also built docks, sewers, etc. Sometimes traded as Brassey, Peto & Betts
Publications:
- Life and Labours of Mr Brassey; with an introduction by Jack Simmons by Helps, Arthur
- Memoirs of Sir Edward Blount KCB Etc by Reid, Stuart J (ed)
- Railway Barons by Mountfield, David
- Railway Navvies. A history of the men who made the railways by Coleman, Terry
- Railway Navvy - 'that dispicable race of men' by Brooke, David
- 'The contractor. Thomas Brassey in six continents' in D Mountfield, Railway Barons by Mountfield, David
- 'Thomas Brassey, 1805-1870' in H Fergusson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Fergusson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
- Thomas Brassey. An illustrated life by Gould, Jack
- 'Thomas Brassey' in K Middlemas, Master Builders. Thomas Brassey, Sir John Aird, Lord Cowdray, Sir John Norton-Griffiths by Middlemas, Keith
- Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder by Walker, Charles
- Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder, re Canada Works, Birkenhead by Millar, John
- Thomas Brassey. The greatest railway builder in the world by Stacey, Tom
- William and Edward Mackenzie as railway contractors. The evidence of J H Watel's office diaries from 1849 and 1850 by Otter, Robert A, & James H Thomas
- William Mackenzie and railways in France by Brooke, David
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Mackenzie, William, & Co
- Mackenzie & Brassey
- Brassey, Peto & Betts
- Canada Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, North West, England
- Canada
- France
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
- Construction Railways construction & civil engineering
Notes:
Thomas Brassey, 1805-70, emerged in the 1840s as the world leading railway contractor. By 1826 he was a partner in a land surveying business at Birkenhead and in early 1830s started railway contracting, from the outset working on major projects. In 1840s this work extended overseas, especially to France where he often worked in partnership with William Mackenzie, of William Mackenzie & Co, as Mackenzie & Brassey, but also to the rest of Europe and many countries beyond. One of his major projects was Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and for this established Canada Works, Birkenhead, to manufacture the necessary equipment. Also built docks, sewers, etc. Sometimes traded as Brassey, Peto & BettsPublications:
- Life and Labours of Mr Brassey; with an introduction by Jack Simmons by Helps, Arthur
- Memoirs of Sir Edward Blount KCB Etc by Reid, Stuart J (ed)
- Railway Barons by Mountfield, David
- Railway Navvies. A history of the men who made the railways by Coleman, Terry
- Railway Navvy - 'that dispicable race of men' by Brooke, David
- 'The contractor. Thomas Brassey in six continents' in D Mountfield, Railway Barons by Mountfield, David
- 'Thomas Brassey, 1805-1870' in H Fergusson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Fergusson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
- Thomas Brassey. An illustrated life by Gould, Jack
- 'Thomas Brassey' in K Middlemas, Master Builders. Thomas Brassey, Sir John Aird, Lord Cowdray, Sir John Norton-Griffiths by Middlemas, Keith
- Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder by Walker, Charles
- Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder, re Canada Works, Birkenhead by Millar, John
- Thomas Brassey. The greatest railway builder in the world by Stacey, Tom
- William and Edward Mackenzie as railway contractors. The evidence of J H Watel's office diaries from 1849 and 1850 by Otter, Robert A, & James H Thomas
- William Mackenzie and railways in France by Brooke, David