Charles Blacker Vignoles

Charles Blacker Vignoles
Born31 May 1793
Died17 November 1875(1875-11-17) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
Disciplinecivil engineer
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers (president)
Significant designVignoles rail
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Charles Blacker Vignoles FRS FRSA (31 May 1793 – 17 November 1875) was an influential British railway engineer, and eponym of the Vignoles rail.[1]

  1. ^ Boase, George Clement (1899). "Vignoles, Charles Blacker" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co.