John Blackmore
From Graces Guide
Born in London 19 May 1801, the youngest of 11 or more children of Edward Blackmore (b.1755), a tailor of Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, and his wife Dorothy. During 1828-9 he appeared to have been engaged on the Hertford Union Canal. He had moved to Carlisle by 1830. He died on 15 March 1844.[1]
1835 John Blackmore of Ryton, Managing Engineer of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.[2]
1836. Marriage of Mr. Blackmore, Civil Engineer, Newcastle, to Ann Nixon the daughter of Mr. Nixon, formerly of Carlisle.[3] [4]
1844 Died
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'A History of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway' by Bill Fawcett, North Eastern Railway Association, 2008. This is an excellent source of information on Blackmore's work on the N&CR
- ↑ 1835 Institution of Civil Engineers
- ↑ Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 09 January 1836
- ↑ Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 16 January 1836