Person

Thow, William (1842 - 1926)

Born
29 June 1842
West Derby, Lancashire, England
Died
10 March 1926
Warrawee, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Railway engineer

Summary

William Thow MInstCE was locomotive engineer with the South Australian Railways from 1876 to 1888 and with the New South Wales Government Railways from1888 to 1911. His P6 class passenger locomotives, introduced in 1892, became world famous and were used on the trans-continental railway when it was completed in 1917. Initially Thow worked under his father on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and was a pupil of Alexander Allan on the Scottish Central Railway. Later he was draftsman of the Dubs Locomotive Works in Glasgow, chief draftsman at Worcester Engine Works Co. and inspector and mechanical assistant to John Fowler in Egypt.

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Chronology

1876 - 1888
Career position - Engineer, Governrment Railways, South Australia
1888
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1888 - 1911
Career position - Locomotive engineer, New South Wales Railways, Sydney

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