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unusual facts about Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company


John Viret Gooch

Initially locomotives were purchased from a wide range of private manufacturers such as Edward Bury and Company and Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company.


Daniel Terry

Having first married in Liverpool, Terry took as his second wife Elizabeth Nasmyth, the daughter of Alexander Nasmyth the painter.

Egyptian Delta Light Railways

The first locomotives were 35 W. G. Bagnall 4-4-0T locomotives, constructed in 1898; followed by 18 Krauss 2-4-0T and 16 Krauss 0-6-2T in 1900 and 30 Nasmyth, Wilson and Company and North British Locomotive Company 0-6-4T in 1907.

Nasmyth telescope

The Nasmyth telescope, also called Nasmyth-Cassegrain, is a reflecting telescope developed by James Nasmyth.

Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger

He was born in London, the son of James Nasmyth Wallinger and Marian Collier, and was educated at the King's College School in London and the Royal Agricultural College.

Project Steam

The two locomotives were built in 1885 by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, entered service in 1887, were withdrawn in 1928, and on 8 August 1932 were dumped in the Clutha River near Beaumont to protect the Roxburgh Branch from erosion.


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