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John Curr (c. 1756 – 27 January 1823) was the manager or viewer of the Duke of Norfolk's collieries in Sheffield, England from 1781 to 1801.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Benjamin Outram, Cast iron, Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk, Coal mining, Colliery viewer, Corf (mining), County Durham, Duke of Norfolk, Edward Curr, Edward Micklethwaite Curr, John Buddle, Joseph Curr, Plateway, Sheffield, Van Diemen's Land Company.

  2. British people in rail transport
  3. Businesspeople from Sheffield

Benjamin Outram

Benjamin Outram (1 April 1764 – 22 May 1805) was an English civil engineer, surveyor and industrialist. John Curr and Benjamin Outram are British railway pioneers and people of the Industrial Revolution.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk

Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal (1 December 172031 August 1786), was an English peer and politician.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.

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Colliery viewer

A colliery viewer or coal viewer was the manager of a coal mine or colliery.

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Corf (mining)

A corf (pl. corves) also spelt corve (pl. corves) in mining is a wicker basket or a small human powered (in later times in the case of the larger mines, horse drawn) minecart for carrying or transporting coal, ore, etc.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Duke of Norfolk

Duke of Norfolk is a title in the peerage of England, and is the premier non-royal peerage.

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Edward Curr

Edward Curr (1 July 1798 – 16 November 1850) was an Australian settler and politician.

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Edward Micklethwaite Curr

Edward Micklethwaite Curr (25 December 1820 – 3 August 1889) was an Australian pastoralist, author, advocate of Australian Aboriginal peoples, and squatter.

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John Buddle

John Buddle (15 September 1773 – 10 October 1843) was a prominent self-made mining engineer and entrepreneur in North East England.

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Joseph Curr

Joseph Curr (1793 – 29 June 1847) was a Roman Catholic priest and author who was called a "martyr of charity" for his work in Leeds in the typhus epidemic of 1847.

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Plateway

A plateway is an early kind of railway, tramway or wagonway, where the rails are made from cast iron.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Van Diemen's Land Company

The Van Diemen's Land Company (also known as Van Dieman Land Company) is a farming corporation in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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See also

British people in rail transport

Businesspeople from Sheffield

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curr

Also known as Curr, John.