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Weʼve raised £402 to promote Thomas Brassey and help fund the installation of a statue in his honour in Chester.
- Funded on Thursday, 31st March 2022
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Thomas Brassey was a civil engineering contractor who constructed railways, bridges, tunnels and locomotives as well as harbours and London's sewers. He is estimated to have employed more than 80,000 people worldwide and is remembered as an honourable and fair man.
Brassey was born in 1805 in the parish of Aldford near Chester where he attended school. He began his career as trainee land surveyor on Thomas Telford's Shrewsbury to Holyhead road. He became a quarry manager on the Wirral and with experienced gained in civil engineering set up his own construction company based in Birkenhead that became known as the Canada Works. Amongst many contracts Thomas Brassey was responsible for the construction of Chester and Shrewsbury railway stations and the Cefn Mawr Viaduct as part of the Chester to Shrewsbury railway.
At the time of his death in 1870 Thomas Brassey had built one third of the railways in the UK and 1 in 20 miles of the world's network across most continents.
The Thomas Brassey Society was formed in November 2019. At present there is no permanent memorial that commemorates the work of Thomas Brassey and the major contribution that he made to railway engineering worldwide. The Society has already raised sufficient money for the installation of an Information Panel at Chester railway station. We are now seeking to erect a statue to honour this remarkable civil engineer.
This particular fund raising appeal is to carry out Stage 1, Preliminary Design, for a statue to be located in the area of Chester railway station. Your support will be greatly appreciated.
Steve Langtree....Chairman. Peter Bolt....Secretary
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Peter Cocker
Dec 11, 2021
£2.00
James S Boyle
Sep 19, 2021
Let’s finally give this man, plus all of the navvies and engineers of this generation the praise and recognition they deserve.
£20.00
Samantha Wareham
Aug 18, 2021
Enjoyed learning about Thomas Brassey today at the Making Tracks model railway exhibition at Chester Cathedral. My son enjoyed building and standing on a miniature bridge ☺️👍
Anonymous
Aug 7, 2021
Learned about Thomas Brassey while at Chester Cathedral, keep pushing the message about this great man.
Eddie Challoner
Mar 2, 2021
£50.00
Richard Coackley
Feb 19, 2021
Testing, and all the very best for a successful crowdfund.
£20.00
Anonymous
Feb 16, 2021
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