Thomas Edmondson (1792-1851) was the inventor of the card-based printed railway ticket system
Started work for Gillows and in 1836 joined the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway as station master at Milton.
He later moved to Manchester, where in 1839 he became the chief ticket clerk at the terminal station of the Manchester and Leeds Railway.
He invented a system of printing railway tickets, and, seeking a manufacturer, he approached Joseph Whitworth. Whitworth was not interested, but passed him on to William Muir, who at that time worked for Whitworth. When he left to start his own business, Muir continued to work with Edmondson. As Muir's business expanded, he and Edmondson moved into larger premises, Bateman and Sherratt's former Salford Iron Works at Miller's Lane, Greengate, Salford. Edmonson printed tickets on the upper floor, while Muir made the machines in other parts of the premises.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Henry Maudslay & The Pioneers of the Machine Age' by John Cantrell & Gillian Cookson, Tempus Publishing, 2002
Chris de Winter Hebron, 50 Famous Railwaymen, 2005