Thomas Russell Crampton
Thomas Russell Crampton (born August 6, 1816 in Broadstairs , England , † April 19, 1888 in Westminster ) was a British mechanical engineer and engineer.
Life
At the age of 18, Crampton designed a steam-powered driving machine. From 1839 to 1844 he was assistant to Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Sir Daniel Gooch on the British Great Western Railway . In 1843 Crampton had the Crampton locomotive named after him patented. This type of locomotive was widely used in France by the Nordbahn (Compagnie du Nord).
In 1851, Crampton laid the first working submarine telegraph cable from Dover to Calais . In 1852 he and his partner Sir Charles Fox contracted to “ supply the city of Berlin with running water” (contract partner was Police President Carl Ludwig Friedrich von Hinckeldey ). To this end, he founded the stock corporation Berliner-Waterworks-Company and received the concession for the construction of a water pipe and the installation of a pumping station . The plant was planned by William Whitaker Collins and Crampton.
In 1855, Crampton's achievements by Napoléon III. honored with the appointment as officer of the Legion of Honor .
Crampton died in London on April 19, 1888, at the age of 71. He was buried in Kensal Green .
literature
- HEEL Verlag GmbH (ed.): Chronicle of the railway. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 2005, ISBN 3-89880-413-5 , p. 116 .
- Thomas Seccombe: Crampton, Thomas Russell . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . 1901 Supplement, Volume 1, p. 78 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary. William Whitaker Collins , in: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 58, 1879, pp. 340 f. ( Digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crampton, Thomas Russell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British mechanical engineer and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Broadstairs , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1888 |
| Place of death | Westminster |