- W. R. Galbraith
William Robert Galbraith (1829-?) was a
civil engineer in theUnited Kingdom during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was employed by theLondon and South Western Railway as a consulting engineer and later by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway which became known as London Underground'sBakerloo Line . He had a consulting company called Galbraith & Church.His projects include:
* Kew railway bridge across theRiver Thames inLondon , built in 1864-1869 by the London and South Western Railway
* Newport Pagnell to Wolverton Branch Railway, W.R. Galbraith was director from 1871 and was mentioned in the 1870Act of Parliament which authorised the building of the line as one of the creditors of the railway
* Meldon railwayviaduct , built in 1874 by the London and South Western Railway across the West Okement river valley nearOkehampton
* The Swanage Branch Line, opened in 1885
* TheWaterloo & City Line in London, opened 11 July 1898.
* The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, opened in 1901
* TheMeon Valley Railway , built between 1898 and 1903.
* The Bakerloo Line, built between 1898 and 1906
*Calstock railway viaduct across the Tamar valley, built ca. 1908
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