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William Marriott (engineer)

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jointly purchased the Eastern & Midlands Railway in 1893, from which time it was known as the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, he was expecting to become traffic manager as well, but was passed over in favour of an outside appointment. After many years service, improving the line and
23: 299: 157: 119:. This company was the amalgamation of all the Wilkinson & Jarvis lines in Norfolk, including both the Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway and the 45: 136:, he was finally appointed as the railway's traffic manager in 1919, in which post he remained until his retirement on 31 December 1924. He died in 128: 292: 353: 104: 358: 338: 318: 333: 285: 348: 343: 116: 120: 41: 100: 172: 149: 257: 328: 323: 88: 148:
A section of the M&GN railway formerly run by Marriott has been preserved by volunteers as the
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in 1880. He left Ransomes in 1881 to become an assistant engineer with
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Portrait of Marriott on public display at the William Marriott Museum
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that follows the route of two former (M&GN) lines in
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Sheringham railway station

locomotive superintendent
Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway
Basel
Switzerland
professor
English
University of Basel
Bideford
England
the continent
apprenticeship
Ransomes & Rapier
Ipswich
draughtsman
Wilkinson & Jarvis Ltd
Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway
Yarmouth
civil engineer
Eastern & Midlands Railway
Lynn & Fakenham Railway
Midland Railway
Great Northern Railway
reinforced concrete
Sheringham
North Norfolk Railway
Holt station
Marriott's Way

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