Daniel Gooch
English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 until his death in 1889.
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Born | (1816-08-24)24 August 1816 Bedlington, Northumberland, England |
Died | 15 October 1889(1889-10-15) (aged 73) |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Railway locomotive engineer, transatlantic cable engineer |
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Projects | Great Western Railway Transatlantic telegraph cable |
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Between 1865 and 1885 Gooch was Conservative MP for Cricklade.