Joseph Armstrong (engineer)

Joseph Armstrong (engineer)

Joseph Armstrong (1816-1877) was a British locomotive engineer and the second locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway.

Armstrong was born at Bewcastle, Cumberland and went to Bruce's School.

External links

* http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Trains/Joseph.htm


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