Thomas William Worsdell

Thomas William Worsdell (14 January 1838 – 28 June 1916) was an

Family

T. W. Worsdell – normally known as William – was the eldest son of Nathaniel Worsdell (1809–1886), and grandson of the coachbuilder Thomas Clarke Worsdell (1788–1862). His younger brother,

William was born at his parents' house in Liverpool on 14 January 1838. He began school at the age of two, and in 1847 was sent as a boarder to Ackworth, a Quaker school in Yorkshire, where he remained until 1852.^[2]

Career

He worked at the

He died in Arnside on 28 June 1916.^[3]

Locomotive Designs

• GER Class G14 2-4-0
• LNER Class J15 0-6-0
  )
• LNER Class Y6 0-4-0Tram
  )
• LNER Class F4 2-4-2T
  )

Patents

Worsdell obtained a number of patents^[4] including several (in association with August von Borries, a Prussian locomotive engineer) relating to compound locomotives. T. W. Worsdell used the von Borries two-cylinder compound system in several of his designs for the North Eastern Railway.

Worsdell-von Borries patents

• GB190006487, published 16 February 1901, An improvement in starting valves for compound steam engines^[5]
• GB190022906, published 2 November 1901, Improvements in valves for use in compound locomotives and other compound engines^[6]
• US803981 (with Herbert Richard Lapage), published 7 November 1905, Compound locomotive^[7]

References