Edward Fletcher (engineer)
{{Short description|English railway engineer}}
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| birth_date = 1807
| birth_place = Elsdon, Northumberland, England
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Edward Fletcher (1807 – 21 December 1889){{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwF7C1q4vi0C&q=Edward+Fletcher+North+Eastern+Railway&pg=RA1-PA7| via=Google Books| date=3 January 1890| page=11| title=Mr. Edward Fletcher| magazine=Engineering: An Illustrated Weekly Journal| editor1-first=W.H.| editor1-last=Maw| editor2-first=J.| editor2-last=Dredge| volume=49}} was an English engineer, and locomotive superintendent of the North Eastern Railway (NER).{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjMqDwAAQBAJ&q=Edward+Fletcher+North+Eastern+Railway&pg=PT147| via=Google Books| page=n.p.| title=A History of the Southern Railway| first=Colin| last=Maggs| year=2017| publisher=Amberley Publishing| location=Stroud, Gloucestershire, England| isbn=9781445652726}} He was born at Elsdon in Northumberland.
Career
He was apprenticed to George Stephenson beginning in 1825 and helped with the construction of Stephenson's Rocket and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. He helped with the construction of the York and North Midland Railway, and then became locomotive superintendent of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway in 1845. When the N&DJR became part of the North Eastern Railway in 1854, Fletcher became its locomotive superintendent{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aST8AwAAQBAJ&q=Edward+Fletcher+North+Eastern+Railway&pg=PA15| via=Google Books| page=n.p.| title=Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway| series=Britain's Pre-Grouping Railways| first=John S.| last=Maclean| date=15 March 2014| isbn=9781445637938}} until his retirement in 1882. He was succeeded by Alexander McDonnell.
Locomotive designs
Fletcher's locomotive designs for the North Eastern Railway included:
- NER Bogie Tank Passenger
- NER 901 Class 2-4-0
- NER 1001 Class 0-6-0
Family
His nephew was the engineer James Holden.{{cite journal| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DhA1AQAAIAAJ&q=Edward+Fletcher+North+Eastern+Railway&pg=PA1101| via=Google Books| date=June 8, 1907| journal=The Railway News| page=1101| title=Mr. James Holden, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.lner.info/eng/fletcher.shtml Edward Fletcher] LNER Cyclopedia
- [https://steamindex.com/people/fletcher.htm Edward Fletcher & Henry Tennant] Steamindex
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Category:Locomotive superintendents
Category:English railway mechanical engineers
Category:British railway pioneers
Category:North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) people
Category:19th-century English businesspeople
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