- Roland Brotherhood
Roland Brotherhood or Rowland Brotherhood (the correct spelling is uncertain) was a British engineer. He was born in
Middlesex in 1812 and died inBristol in 1883. He married Priscilla Penton in 1835 and they had a son, also called Rowland.Career
From 1835 he took on a number of contracts for building parts of the
Great Western Railway (GWR). By 1838 he was resident inReading, Berkshire , and continued to do contract work for the GWR.In 1842 he moved to
Chippenham, Wiltshire , bought Orwell House, and opened ablacksmith s business. Contract work for the GWR continued until 1861 when there was a dispute with the GWR. From 1861 to 1869 Brotherhood built components for railways and bridges across theBritish Empire .Brotherhood left Chippenham in 1868 and was appointed General Manager of the Bute Ironworks in
Cardiff . In 1874 he moved toBristol and in 1875 he took a contract to build a goods shed for the GWR.From 1877 to 1879 Brotherhood assisted his son, also called Rowland, in sinking shafts for the
Severn Tunnel .Rowland Brotherhood (senior) died at his home in Bristol on 4 March 1883.
ources
* Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre website
External links
* [http://www.chippenham.gov.uk/museum/wow_pages/rolandbrotherhood_01.asp Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre website]
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