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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.

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  • John Whitton (en)
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  • 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. (en)
  • John Whitton, född 21 december 1819 i i Yorkshire i England, död 20 februari 1898 i i New South Wales i Australien, var en ingenjör (huvudsakligt järnvägsingenjör) som arbetade i såväl England som Australien och är känd som New South Wales järnvägars fader. John Whitton växte upp i England där han hade olika ingenjörsuppdrag, bland annat hos (senare ), och . Nygift och redan mycket erfaren flyttade John Whitton 1856 till kolonin New South Wales för att jobba som chefsingenjör hos New South Wales Railways, ett uppdrag Whitton hade i 33 år fram tills han pensionerade sig 1890. Under sin tid som chefsingenjör lyckades John Whitton att utöka delstatens järnvägsnätet med över 3 400 kilometer järnvägar och byggde några av delstatens största järnvägsbroar, varav några stycken används fortfaran (sv)
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  • John Whitton (en)
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  • Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia (en)
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  • near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (en)
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