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Jan 01, 1815 Fermoy, Munster, Ireland Died on 11 Jun 1883 (aged 68)
British railway engineer
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About James Mcconnell
- James Edward McConnell (1815–1883) was one of the first locomotive engineers of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
- He was Locomotive Superintendent of the LNWR's Southern Division at Wolverton railway works from 1847 to 1862 and oversaw the design of the "Bloomer" and "Patent" locomotives.
- He was also one of the founding members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and its first chairman, discussing the issue of an institute in 1846 at Bromsgrove.
