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Dec 21, 1819 Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Died on 20 Feb 1898 (aged 78)
Australian railway engineer
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About John Whitton
- John Whitton (1820, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England – 20 February 1898), an Anglo–Australian railway engineer, was the Engineer-in-Charge for the New South Wales Government Railways, serving between 1856 and 1890, considered the Father of New South Wales Railways.
- Under his supervision, it is estimated that 2,171 miles (3,494 km) of railway around New South Wales and Victoria were completed.
- Whitton was responsible for the construction of parts of the Main Western railway line, in particular the section over the Blue Mountains and the Lithgow Zig Zag, and much of the Main Southern railway line.
