Hackworth, Timothy
Other Business Names:
- Soho Works
- Hackworth, John W
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Shildon, Durham, Durham, North East, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Engine & turbine production exc transport
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Transport equipment production
Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
Notes:
Timothy Hackworth, 1786-1850, locomotive engine. Worked initially as an engineer at the Wylam Colliery, Northumberland, of Christopher Blackett where he was involved in the conversion of its tramway to steam locomotives. Later at Walbottle Colliery, Tyne & Wear. Locomotive engineer of Stockton & Darlington Railway Co, 1825-40, where he did pioneering work in design and introduction of new locomotives. 1833 established an engineering works, called Soho Works, at Shildon, sometime managed by his brother Thomas, which built railway locomotives and stationary steam engines for mines. From 1840 operated Soho Works himself, building locomotives, stationary engines and a wide range of machinery for manufacturing industry. This business was continued by his son, John W, after Hackworth's death in 1850
Publications:
- A Railway Family. The quest for Timothy Hackworth by Loring, Ulick
- Jubilee of the World's First Public Railway. The Stockton & Darlington Railway 1875. A chapter in the history of railway locomotion and memoir of Timothy Hackworth by Unknown
- Locomotive Pioneers. Early steam locomotive development, 1801-1851 by Burton, Anthony
- Rainhill Trials. The greatest contest of industrial Britain and the birth of commercial rail by McGowan, Christopher
- Timothy Hackworth by Young, Robert
- Timothy Hackworth, 1786-1850. Father of the locomotive. Souvenir in commemoration of the centenary of his death ... 1850 by Unknown
- Timothy Hackworth, 1786-1850. Methodist railway engineer by Milburn, Geoffrey E
- Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Young, Robert
- Timothy Hackworth and the railway by Young, Robert
- 'Timothy Hackworth and the Soho Works, circa 1830-50' in G Boyes (ed), Early Railways 4. Papers from the 4th International Early Railways Conference by Hopkin, Dieter
- 'Timothy Hackworth' in J F Layson, Great Engineers by Layson, J F
- Timothy Hackworth, the Father of the Locomotive by Greener, Thomas
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Soho Works
- Hackworth, John W
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Shildon, Durham, Durham, North East, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Engine & turbine production exc transport
- Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
Notes:
Timothy Hackworth, 1786-1850, locomotive engine. Worked initially as an engineer at the Wylam Colliery, Northumberland, of Christopher Blackett where he was involved in the conversion of its tramway to steam locomotives. Later at Walbottle Colliery, Tyne & Wear. Locomotive engineer of Stockton & Darlington Railway Co, 1825-40, where he did pioneering work in design and introduction of new locomotives. 1833 established an engineering works, called Soho Works, at Shildon, sometime managed by his brother Thomas, which built railway locomotives and stationary steam engines for mines. From 1840 operated Soho Works himself, building locomotives, stationary engines and a wide range of machinery for manufacturing industry. This business was continued by his son, John W, after Hackworth's death in 1850Publications:
- A Railway Family. The quest for Timothy Hackworth by Loring, Ulick
- Jubilee of the World's First Public Railway. The Stockton & Darlington Railway 1875. A chapter in the history of railway locomotion and memoir of Timothy Hackworth by Unknown
- Locomotive Pioneers. Early steam locomotive development, 1801-1851 by Burton, Anthony
- Rainhill Trials. The greatest contest of industrial Britain and the birth of commercial rail by McGowan, Christopher
- Timothy Hackworth by Young, Robert
- Timothy Hackworth, 1786-1850. Father of the locomotive. Souvenir in commemoration of the centenary of his death ... 1850 by Unknown
- Timothy Hackworth, 1786-1850. Methodist railway engineer by Milburn, Geoffrey E
- Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Young, Robert
- Timothy Hackworth and the railway by Young, Robert
- 'Timothy Hackworth and the Soho Works, circa 1830-50' in G Boyes (ed), Early Railways 4. Papers from the 4th International Early Railways Conference by Hopkin, Dieter
- 'Timothy Hackworth' in J F Layson, Great Engineers by Layson, J F
- Timothy Hackworth, the Father of the Locomotive by Greener, Thomas