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Chief Engineer

Occupation - Chief Engineer
Walsh, Henry Deane
Position - Chief Engineer of Commissioner for Railways
Whitton, John
1856 - 1890
Position - Chief Engineer of Department of Railways
Thow, William
11 Apr 1889 - 1911
Position - Chief Engineer of New South Wales Railway Commissioners
Deane, Henry
01 Jul 1891 - May 1906
Position - Chief Engineer of Sydney Railway Company
Wallace, James
1852 -

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Chief Engineer

Walsh, Henry Deane

Irish born engineer responsible for the remodelling of Dawes and Millers points and the wharves and cargo handling facilities at Jones and Walsh bays.

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Commissioner for Railways

Colonial government authority set up to build and administer New South Wales railways.

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Whitton, John

English-born engineer who was appointed as Engineer in Chief of New South Wales railways and oversaw an important period of railway construction in the state.

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Department of Railways

State government department under the Ministry of Transport which controlled and ran New South Wales railways.

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Thow, William

Railway engineer who worked for the South Australian Railways and became chief mechanical engineer of the New South Wales Railways. He was involved in two royal commissions in 1892. Thow was accused of belonging to a 'ring' with Edward Eddy, Sir John Fowler and the English locomotive manufacturers, Beyer, Peacock and Company, but the charges were eventually dismissed. His overall influence on locomotive development was considerable; his designs operating on five Australian systems. He died leaving an estate valued at 15,962 pounds.

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New South Wales Railway Commissioners

Colonial and later state government body established to run New South Wales's existing railway and tram lines. From 1905 government buses also came under the control of this organisation.

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Deane, Henry

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Engineer-in-chief for railway construction from 1891 and an accomplished botanist.

Sydney Railway Company

Company which began the first railway in Sydney in 1849 between the town and Parramatta before financial difficulties saw it finished by the colonial government.

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Wallace, James

Scottish civil engineer who became a leader in railway construction in England and the rest of Europe before coming to Sydney to oversee its first railway construction. He was the second Engineer-in-Chief of the NSW Government Railway.

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