William Barton Wright | |
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| Born | William Barton Wright 13 November 1828 Murton, North Shields, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 7 May 1915 (aged 86) St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Children | Edward William Barton-Wright |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Madras Railway Assam Railways Mines at Odemira, Portugal Tea plantations Nilgiri |
William Barton Wright (13 November 1828 – 7 May 1915) was an English mechanical engineer, also tea plantation owner and mine owner. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) from 1875. During his ten-year career in that post he helped to make the LYR one of the most efficient railways in the United Kingdom, by designing a range of good locomotives to haul the LYR's traffic.[1]