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Thomas Bouch, the Glossary

Sir Thomas Bouch (25 February 1822 – 30 October 1880) was a British railway engineer.^[1]

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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England.

The Belah Viaduct was a railway viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, crossing the River Belah, in Cumbria, England, about south of the village of Barras and east north east of Kirkby Stephen.

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Benjamin Baker (engineer)

Sir Benjamin Baker (31 March 1840 – 19 May 1907) was an English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era.

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Breakwater (structure)

A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges.

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Burntisland

Burntisland (Bruntisland) is a former Royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth.

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Caisson (engineering)

In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (borrowed,, an augmentative of) is a watertight retaining structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships.

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Cantilever bridge

A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers).

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Carlisle

Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England.

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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 Meik

Charles Scott Meik (1853 - 5 July 1923) was an English civil and mechanical engineer, and part of a minor engineering dynasty. Thomas Bouch and Charles Meik are English civil engineers.

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Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

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Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (CK&PR) was an English railway company incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, to build a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) West Coast Main Line at Penrith.

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Consett

Consett is a town in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is an area of Northern England which was historically a county and is now fully part of Cumbria.

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Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway

The Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, (also known as the D&BCR) was an east–west railway line that connected Darlington and Barnard Castle in County Durham, England.

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Dean Bridge

The Dean Bridge spans the Water of Leith in the city of Edinburgh on the A90 road to Queensferry on the Firth of Forth.

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Dean Cemetery

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. Thomas Bouch and Dean Cemetery are Burials at the Dean Cemetery.

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Eden Valley Railway

The Eden Valley Railway (EVR) was a railway in Cumbria, England.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh and Northern Railway

The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a railway company authorised in 1845 to connect Edinburgh to both Perth and Dundee.

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Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway

The Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway was a railway company that built an east-west railway (known as the Edinburgh Suburban Line or more familiarly the Sub) on the southern margin of Edinburgh, Scotland, primarily to facilitate the operation of heavy goods and mineral traffic across the city.

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Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Ferry slip

A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry.

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Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth.

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Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, west of central Edinburgh.

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Gaunless Viaduct

Gaunless Viaduct, also known as the Lands Viaduct, was a railway viaduct in County Durham.

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George Parker Bidder (engineer)

George Parker Bidder (13 June 1806 – 20 September 1878) was an English engineer and calculating prodigy.

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Girder

A girder is a beam used in construction.

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Granton, Edinburgh

Granton is a district in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Gustave Eiffel

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer.

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Hematite

Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils.

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High Level Bridge, River Tyne

The High Level Bridge is a road and railway bridge spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in North East England.

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Hownsgill Viaduct

The Hownsgill Viaduct (in some sources called Hownes Gill Viaduct and locally called the Gill bridge) is a former railway bridge located west of Consett in County Durham, England.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was a main line railway opened between those cities in 1846.

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Lattice girder

A lattice girder is a truss girder where the load is carried by a web of latticed metal.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Leven, Fife

Leven (Pictish; Inbhir Lìobhann) is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.

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Moffat

Moffat (Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland.

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Monocoque

Monocoque, also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell.

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Montrose, Angus

Montrose (Mon Rois) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.

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North British Railway

The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway

The North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway was a company established by Act of Parliament in 1871 to construct and operate a railway line from north of Arbroath via Montrose to Kinnaber Junction, south of Aberdeen.

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Peebles

Peebles (Na Pùballan) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.

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Portobello Pier

Portobello Pier was a pleasure pier opened in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Railway engineering

Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of rail transport systems.

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Redheugh Bridge

The Redheugh Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Tyne west of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre on the north bank and Gateshead town centre on the south bank, in North East England.

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Sea to Sea Cycle Route

The Coast to Coast or Sea to Sea Cycle Route (C2C) is a cycle route opened in 1994.

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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure.

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South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway

The South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LUR) built a railway line linking the Stockton and Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) at Tebay, via Barnard Castle, Stainmore Summit and Kirkby Stephen.

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St Andrews

St Andrews (S.; Saunt Aundraes; Cill Rìmhinn, pronounced) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh.

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Stainmore

Stainmore is a remote geographic area in the Pennines on the border of Cumbria, County Durham and North Yorkshire.

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Stanhope and Tyne Railway

The Stanhope and Tyne Railway was an early British mineral railway that ran from Stanhope to South Shields at the mouth of the River Tyne in County Durham, England.

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Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863.

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Structural engineer

Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants.

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Suspension bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.

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Tay Bridge

The Tay Bridge (Drochaid-rèile na Tatha) carries rail traffic across the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife.

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Tay Bridge disaster

The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent storm on Sunday 28 December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a North British Railway (NBR) passenger train on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line from Burntisland bound for its final destination of Dundee passed over it, killing everybody on board.

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References

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

Also known as Bouch, Thomas, Sir Thomas Bouch.

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