Edward Entwistle
Edward Entwistle, born 24 March 1815 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, was the first driver of a passenger train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Apprenticed as an engineer at the age of 11, he worked at the works, where the Rocket locomotive was under construction.[1]
When the work was completed, George Stephenson requested an assistant and the 16-year-old Entwistle was on the footplate during the locomotive's first trials—eventually becoming its official driver when it began its twice daily service between Liverpool and Manchester. Entwistle later became a marine engineer and emigrated to the United States.[1]
His death on 31 October 1909 in Des Moines, Iowa was reported in The Washington Post.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "England's first engine-driver", Otago Witness, Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand, 7 August 1907, retrieved 13 July 2009
- ^ Entwistle, Richard (30 March 2011). "Edward Entwistle of Rocket Fame". Entwistle Family History Association Forum. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
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