William Grindley Craig
William Grindley Craig (30 March 1819
Craig was born near Glasgow in 1819. He died in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1886.[4]
Career
Taff Vale Railway
He was
Neath Abbey Ironworks
He worked in another capacity at the
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
He worked for the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company from 1849 to 1854. On the MR&CC Craig was responsible for the following locomotives, all of which were built by private manufacturers, including Neath Abbey Ironworks:
For more information about these locomotives, see Locomotives of the Great Western Railway.
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Craig worked for the
- 2 x 0-6-0 (1854)
- 1 x 2-2-2WT (1856)
- 3 x 0-6-0 (1858–59)
At least one of the company's ships was also designed by him.
Consulting engineer
In 1861 Craig was living in north London, employed as a civil consulting engineer and by ten years later was still there but had added iron merchant to his occupations.
Family
By 1881 he had moved to
See also
Sources
- ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
- ^ "Birmingham Post 15/9/1858". 84f.com. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ "Birmingham Post 1/10/1858". 84f.com. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
- The Locomotives of the GWR, vols. 3 & 10, RCTS
- Great Central, vol.1, G.Dow
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, summer 1961 edition, page 58