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Free Talk: The S&DR: Recovering the Timothy Hackworth Deficit
Hackworth’s engineering prowess and ingenuity brought the power needed to accomplish and underpin the ever-expanding enterprise that was the S&DR.
His contribution, talent and ingenuity played a vital part in the early days from 1827 to 1840; something that has been left standing neglected on the sidings. Time for a reckoning up; a recovery of the deficit that has left in the affairs of the S&DR.
Mike Norman’s background in IT was at the forefront of the technology of the Information Revolution, and he now draws on that experience in defining the pioneering key developments of the steam locomotive. He is the author of ‘It Wasn’t Rocket Science’ – a biography of the life and times of Timothy Hackworth which, set during preparations for the 1893 Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, is told through the eyes of a grandson.
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