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William Thorold (engineer)

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system that could be laid at ground level, and able to negotiate curves of 20 feet radius and gradients of 1 in 12. The proposed motive power was either animal or steam. One of the countries he thought would be suitable was
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wheel arrangement, having double-flanged driving wheels and the locomotives having a single outrigger wheel which ran on the road. Four such locomotives were built by
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in 1849. He was also involved with the steam-powered St James' Yarn Mill, Norwich in 1836 but it is not known whether he was the architect, millwright or both.
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sometime before 1845, being member number 321. He was also involved in drainage schemes at Ten Mile Bank,
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Thomas Telford Thorold, (second son d.1829), Ellen Thorold (second daughter, d.1866)
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all in Norfolk between 1836 and 1837. He also designed a workhouse built at
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In 1868, he presented a paper titled "Railways on Turnpike Roads" to the
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to avoid the expense and inconvenience of building and operating two
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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and there were two systems built in that country, in
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People from King's Lynn and West Norfolk (district)
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Indian Steam Railway Society 574:"Railways on Turnpike Roads". 332:Institution of Civil Engineers 123:Institution of Civil Engineers 1: 324:Norwich and Yarmouth Railway 145:built, designed a number of 111:Architect, civil engineer, 686: 322:in 1843 which enabled the 197:Limpenhoe mill, March 2010 665:People from Thorpe Hamlet 153: 100: 540:. Norfolk County Council 416:10.1680/imotp.1879.22399 201:William Thorold built a 655:Architects from Norwich 410:(1879): 321–322. 1879. 177:He was born in 1798 in 376:Orenstein & Koppel 299: 252: 198: 431:Retrieved 2018-03-18. 294: 247: 196: 578:. 12 September 1868. 342:in the early 1860s. 185:, Norwich, in 1878. 563:. 2 September 1843. 559:"(advertisement)". 518:"(advertisement)". 503:"(advertisement)". 488:"(advertisement)". 445:. 4 September 1830. 441:"(advertisement)". 347:British Association 265:Rockland All Saints 133:The New Cut on the 338:and Middle Level, 300: 253: 199: 102:Engineering career 576:Norfolk Chronicle 561:Norfolk Chronicle 520:Norfolk Chronicle 505:Norfolk Chronicle 490:Norfolk Chronicle 467:"William Thorold" 443:Norfolk Chronicle 214:drainage windmill 157: 156: 677: 602: 601: 599: 597: 586: 580: 579: 571: 565: 564: 556: 550: 549: 547: 545: 538:Norfolk Heritage 530: 524: 523: 515: 509: 508: 507:. 30 April 1842. 500: 494: 493: 485: 479: 478: 476: 474: 465:Roots, Michael. 462: 447: 446: 438: 432: 426: 420: 419: 399: 320:Thorpe St Andrew 56: 53:17 December 1878 37: 35: 18: 685: 684: 680: 679: 678: 676: 675: 674: 620: 619: 611: 606: 605: 595: 593: 588: 587: 583: 573: 572: 568: 558: 557: 553: 543: 541: 532: 531: 527: 517: 516: 512: 502: 501: 497: 487: 486: 482: 472: 470: 469:. 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Methwold
Norwich
millwright
Institution of Civil Engineers
River Yare
Acle Straight
windmills
workhouses
millwright
Norwich
Norfolk
Methwold
Thorpe Hamlet

post mill
Felthorpe
tower
drainage windmill
Limpenhoe
watermills
Bawburgh
Taverham
Oxnead

Pulham Market
Thetford
Pulham Market
Rockland All Saints
Kenninghall
Hindringham

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