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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet

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Gender Male
Death126 years ago
Date of birth July 15,1817
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Wadsley
Sheffield
United Kingdom
Date of died November 20,1898
DiedBournemouth
United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
BooksIndia. Report on the best width for the proposed narrow gauge railways for India, and their applicability to the Indus Valley
Projects Forth Bridge
Firth of Forth Rail Bridge
Job Civil engineer
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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet Life story


Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was engineer for the world's first underground railway, London's Metropolitan Railway, built by the "cut-and-cover" method under city streets.

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