List of structures built by Thomas Brassey

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Thomas Brassey in his mid-forties

Thomas Brassey (7 November 1805 – 8 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building a large portion of the world's railways in the 19th century. For some of these constructions he was the sole contractor but he usually worked in partnership with other contractors, particularly Peto and Betts.

Railways and associated structures

Brassey arranged the building of over Script error: No such module "convert". of railway tracks. By 1847 he had built one third of the railways in the United Kingdom and by the time of his death he had built one in twenty of the miles of railway in the world. He also built structures associated with railways - bridges, stations, etc. - and non-railway related structures. The following is an incomplete list of his projects. For the British railways the dates given are the date of the relevant Act of Parliament; for railways elsewhere and for other structures the date given is the date of the contract.

Railway lines

United Kingdom

1830s
Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Grand Junction Railway (part) 1833 Script error: No such module "convert".
London and Southampton Railway (part) 1834 Script error: No such module "convert".
Chester and Crewe Railway 1837 Script error: No such module "convert".
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway (part) 1837 Script error: No such module "convert".
Sheffield and Manchester Railway 1837 Script error: No such module "convert".
1840s
Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 1844 Script error: No such module "convert".
Colchester and Ipswich Railway 1844 Script error: No such module "convert".
Chester and Holyhead Railway 1844 Script error: No such module "convert".
Ipswich and Bury Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Kendal and Windermere Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Trent Valley Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Caledonian Railway (First contract) 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Clydesdale Junction Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
North Wales Mineral Extension Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Scottish Midland Junction Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".

Scottish Central Railway

1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Haughley and Norwich Railway 1845 Script error: No such module "convert".
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
North Staffordshire Railway 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Buckinghamshire Railway 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Mineral Line (Wales) 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Great Northern Railway 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Royston and Hitchin Railway 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".

Shepreth Extension Railway

1846 Script error: No such module "convert".

Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway

1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Denny Branches 1846 Script error: No such module "convert".
Birkenhead and Chester Junction Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Leicester and Hitchin Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Hooton and Parkgate Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Richmond and Windsor Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
London and Southampton Railway Loop line 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Shrewsbury Extension Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Blackwall Extension Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Oswestry Branch Railway 1848 Script error: No such module "convert".
1850s
Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
North and South-Western Junction Railway 1851 Script error: No such module "convert".
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway 1851 Script error: No such module "convert".
Harleston and Beccles Railway 1851 Script error: No such module "convert".

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

1852 Script error: No such module "convert".
Warrington and Stockport Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Bideford Extension 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Crystal Palace and West-end Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Portsmouth Direct Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Worcester and Hereford Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Severn Valley Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Coalbrookdale Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Woodford and Loughton Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
East Suffolk Railway 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".
Inverness and Nairn Railway 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".
Leominster and Kington Railway 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".
Stokes Bay Pier and Branch Railway 1855 Script error: No such module "convert".
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway 1856 Script error: No such module "convert".
Leatherhead, Epsom and Wimbledon Railway 1856 Script error: No such module "convert".
Cannock Mineral Railway 1857 Script error: No such module "convert".
Portpatrick Railway 1857 Script error: No such module "convert".
Knighton Railway 1858 Script error: No such module "convert".
Woofferton and Tenbury Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Wenlock Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
South Staffordshire Railway 1861 Script error: No such module "convert".
Llangollen Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Ringwood and Christchurch Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
West London Railway (Extension) 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Tendring Hundred Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
1860s
Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Ashchurch and Evesham Railway 1862 Script error: No such module "convert".
Epping and Ongar Railway 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
South Leicester Railway 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Llangollen and Corwen Railway 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Cannock Chase Railway 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Disley and Hayfield Railway 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway 1863 Script error: No such module "convert".
Wenlock and Craven Arms Railway 1861 Script error: No such module "convert".
Ludlow and Clee Hill Railway 1861 Script error: No such module "convert".
Dunmow Railway 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway 1861 Script error: No such module "convert".
Moreton Hampstead Railway 1862 Script error: No such module "convert".
Wellington and Market Drayton Railway 1862 Script error: No such module "convert".
Bala and Dolgelly Railway 1862 Script error: No such module "convert".
Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway 1863 Script error: No such module "convert".
Evesham and Redditch Railway 1863 Script error: No such module "convert".
Kensington and Richmond Railway (and Spurs) 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
Silverdale Railway 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway 1865 Script error: No such module "convert".
East London Railway 1865 Script error: No such module "convert".
Hull and Doncaster Railway 1864-9 Script error: No such module "convert".
Unknown dates
Railway Length
miles kilometres
North Devon Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Woodbridge Extension Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Kingston Extension Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Chertsey Extension Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
London and Bedford Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Runcorn Branch Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Sirhowy Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Arpley Branch Railway, Warrington Script error: No such module "convert".
Ebbw Vale Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Hereford Loop Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Script error: No such module "convert".
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilson Railway Script error: No such module "convert".

France

75 per cent of the total mileage, including:

Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Paris and Rouen Railway 1841 Script error: No such module "convert".
Orléans and Bordeaux Railway 1842 Script error: No such module "convert".
Rouen and Le Havre Railway 1843 Script error: No such module "convert".
Amiens and Boulogne Railway 1844 Script error: No such module "convert".
Rouen and Dieppe Railway 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Mantes and Caen Railway 1852 Script error: No such module "convert".
Le Mans and Mezidon Railway 1852 Script error: No such module "convert".
Lyons and Avignon Railway 1852 Script error: No such module "convert".
Sambre and Meuse Railway 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Caen to Cherbourg 1855 Script error: No such module "convert".
Dieppe Railway (laying second road) 1860

Elsewhere in Europe

Railway Country Date Length
miles kilometres
Barcelona and Mataró Railway Spain 1848 Script error: No such module "convert".
Prato and Pistoja Railway Italy 1850 Script error: No such module "convert".
Norwegian Railway Norway 1851 Script error: No such module "convert".
Dutch Rhenish Railway Netherlands 1852 Script error: No such module "convert".
Turin and Novara Railway Italy 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Royal Danish Railway Denmark 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Central Italian Railway Italy 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".
Turin and Susa Railway Italy 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".
Elizabeth and Linz Railway Austria 1856 Script error: No such module "convert".
Bilbao and Miranda Railway Spain 1858 Script error: No such module "convert".
Victor Emmanuel Railway Italy 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Ivrea Railway Italy 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Jutland Railway Denmark 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Maremma and Leghorn Railway Italy 1860 Script error: No such module "convert".
Meridionale Railway Italy 1863 Script error: No such module "convert".
North Schleswig Railway Denmark 1863 Script error: No such module "convert".
Lemberg and Czernowitz Railway Austrian Empire (now Ukraine) 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
Viersen and Venlo Railway Now in Germany to Netherlands 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
Warsaw and Terespol Railway Poland 1865 Script error: No such module "convert".
Kronprinz Rudolph Railway Austrian Empire (now Austria, Slovenia) 1867 Script error: No such module "convert".
Czernowitz and Suczawa Railway Austrian Empire (now Ukraine) 1867 Script error: No such module "convert".
Vorarlberg Railway Austria 1870 Script error: No such module "convert".
Suczawa and Jassy Railway Romania 1870 Script error: No such module "convert".

Canada

Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Grand Trunk Railway, Quebec to Toronto 1854–1860 Script error: No such module "convert".

Argentina

Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Central Argentine Railway 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
La Boca and Barracas Railway 1865 Script error: No such module "convert".

Australia

Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Great Northern, Great Eastern and Great Southern Railways, New South Wales 1859 Script error: No such module "convert".
Queensland Railway 1863 Script error: No such module "convert".

India

Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Eastern Bengal Railway 1858 Script error: No such module "convert".
Delhi Railway 1864 Script error: No such module "convert".
Chord Railway 1865 Script error: No such module "convert".

Mauritius

Railway Date Length
miles kilometres
Mauritius Railway 1862 Script error: No such module "convert".

Tunnels

Tunnel Line & Country Date Length
Shugborough Tunnel Trent Valley Line, England 1847 Script error: No such module "convert".
Hausenstein Tunnel Basel to Olten line, Switzerland 1853 Script error: No such module "convert".
Bellegarde Tunnel France 1854 Script error: No such module "convert".

Stations

Many hundreds, including:

Station Date Notes
Trent Valley Line Stations 1847
Chester 1848 had the longest platforms in the country at the time of its opening
Caledonian Railway Stations and Maintenance 1848
Shrewsbury 1848
Salisbury 1859
Nantwich

Viaducts and other structures

Many, including:

Structure Date Line
Penkridge Viaduct 1837 Grand Junction Railway
Malaunay Viaduct 1844 Paris to Le Havre railway
Mirville Viaduct 1844 Paris to Le Havre railway
Brantham Cutting, Manningtree 1845
Austreberth Bridge 1847 Paris to Le Havre railway
Cefn Mawr Viaduct 1848 Chester to Shrewsbury railway
Chirk Viaduct 1859 Chester to Shrewsbury railway
Welwyn (or Digswell) Viaduct

Bridges

Again a large number, including:

Structure Date
Bury Saint Edmunds Station Bridge 1846
Richmond 1848
Barnes 1849
Coghines Bridge, Italy 1855
Victoria Bridge, Worcestershire 1861
Severn 1861
Stonework for the Runcorn bridge 1868
Kew 1869

Non-railway projects

File:Victoria Embankment.jpg
Victoria Embankment opposite Somerset House, February 2008
Structure Date Notes
Bromborough Road, Cheshire 1834 including Saughall Massie road bridge
Greenock Harbour 1845
Birkenhead Docks 1850
Victoria Docks, London 1851 over Script error: No such module "convert"., with associated warehousing
Minories Warehouses 1857
Ludlow Drainage 1861
Metropolitan Mid Level Sewer, London 1861 Script error: No such module "convert".
Rio Janeiro Drainage 1862
Barrow Docks 1863
Worm Drainage 1863
Letton Drainage 1864
Dee Reclamation Works 1865
Calcutta Waterworks 1865
Victoria Embankment, London 1866
Nepean Bridge 1869
Callao Docks, Peru 1870

References

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