John Haswell
John Haswell (born March 20, 1812 in Lancefield, Glasgow , Scotland , Great Britain , † June 8, 1897 in Vienna ) was an engineer and locomotive designer.
John Haswell studied at the Andersonian University in Glasgow and worked with 22 years in the shipbuilding office of William Fairbairn & Co .
In 1837, at the instigation of Matthias Schönerer , who was also heavily involved in the Budweis-Linz-Gmunden horse-drawn railway , he drafted the plans for the repair workshop of the Vienna-Raaber Bahn (later the StEG locomotive factory ) and in 1839, at the side of the mechanic Kraft , helped entrusted with the execution of these plans. When the workshop was completed, he independently took over its management and, in addition to repair work, immediately introduced the construction of new rolling stock.
Among other things, he is responsible for:
- Austria's first three-coupled steam locomotive "FAHRAFELD" (1846)
- Participation in Semmering contest in 1851 with the locomotive "VINDOBONA" , exemplifying the later Engerth Mountain locomotives was
- Austria's first four-coupled steam locomotive "WIEN-RAAB" (1855)
- Vapor barrier first performed on the "STEYERDORF" (1861)
- hydraulic forging press (1862), which made it possible for the first time to press heavy machine parts in dies (today in the Vienna Technical Museum )
- Corrugated iron fire box (1872)
Haswell resigned in 1882.
He rests in an honorary grave in the Döblinger Friedhof (group 10, number 1) in Vienna. In 1936, Hasswellgasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him.
literature
- Erhard Born: Haswell, John. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 56 ( digitized version ).
- Haswell John. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 206 f. (Direct links on p. 206 , p. 207 ).
- Karl Gölsdorf : Locomotive construction in old Austria 1837–1918 . Slezak publishing house , Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-900134-40-5 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haswell, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian engineer and locomotive designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1897 |
| Place of death | Vienna |