George England and Co.
English manufacturer of steam locomotives / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George England and Co. was an early English manufacturer of steam locomotives founded by the engineer George England of Newcastle upon Tyne (1811–1878).[1] The company operated from the Hatcham Iron Works in New Cross, Surrey, and began building locomotives in 1848.
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Company type | Ltd |
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Industry | Engineering |
Founded | 1839 |
Defunct | 1869 |
Fate | Taken over |
Successor | Fairlie Engine & Steam Carriage Co. |
Headquarters | Hatcham, New Cross |
Key people | George England, Robert Francis Fairlie |
Products | Steam locomotives |
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The company supplied one of the earliest tank locomotives to the contractors building the Newhaven, Sussex, branch line for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway[2] and exhibited a design at The Great Exhibition in 1851.[3] It also supplied locomotives to the Ffestiniog Railway, the Wantage Tramway, the Caledonian Railway, the London & Blackwall Railway, the Great Western Railway, the Somerset and Dorset Railway and the Victorian Railways amongst others.