. . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . "Edward Watkin (imprenditore)"@it . . . . . "Sir Edward William Watkin"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Edward Watkin"@en . . . . . "Sir Edward William Watkin"@en . . . . . "2"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "John Mellor"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "InternetArchiveBot"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Member of Parliament for Hythe"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "yes"@en . . . . . . . . "John Benjamin Smith"@en . "Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 \u2013 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies. Among his more notable projects were: his expansion of the Metropolitan Railway, part of today's London Underground; the construction of the Great Central Main Line, a purpose-built high-speed railway line; the creation of a pleasure garden with a partially constructed iron tower at Wembley; and a failed attempt to dig a Channel Tunnel under the English Channel to connect his railway empire to the French rail network."@en . . "Edward Watkin, anche conosciuto come Sir Edward William Watkin, 1\u00B0 baronetto (Salford, 26 settembre 1819 \u2013 Manchester, 13 aprile 1901), \u00E8 stato un imprenditore e politico britannico ricordato per i suoi ambiziosi progetti di ingegneria ferroviaria su larga scala."@it . . "1819"^^ . . . . . . "Edward Watkin, anche conosciuto come Sir Edward William Watkin, 1\u00B0 baronetto (Salford, 26 settembre 1819 \u2013 Manchester, 13 aprile 1901), \u00E8 stato un imprenditore e politico britannico ricordato per i suoi ambiziosi progetti di ingegneria ferroviaria su larga scala. Detentore di nove diverse compagnie ferroviarie in tutto il Regno Unito, Watkin contribu\u00EC ad espandere la Metropolitan Railway (che includeva parte dell'odierna metropolitana di Londra) e fece costruire la (una linea ferroviaria ad alta velocit\u00E0). Tent\u00F2 anche di avviare, ma senza successo, vari progetti ambiziosi fra cui la Watkin's Tower a Wembley (Londra) e un tunnel che avrebbe attraversato il Canale della Manica con cui sperava di collegare le sue reti ferroviarie a quelle francesi."@it . . . . . . . . "23434"^^ . "December 2016"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1901-04-13"^^ . . . . . . . . . "John Benjamin Smith"@en . "Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 \u2013 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sir Edward William Watkin, 1. Baronet (* 26. September 1819 in Salford; \u2020 13. April 1901 in Manchester) war ein britischer Manager und Politiker (Liberal Party). \u00DCber 30 Jahre lang war er Abgeordneter des House of Commons. Er war Vorsitzender mehrerer Eisenbahngesellschaften, darunter der , der und der Metropolitan Railway (letztere geh\u00F6rt heute zum Netz der London Underground). Watkin strebte ohne Erfolg den Aufbau eines von ihm kontrollierten Eisenbahnnetzes an, das von den Midlands \u00FCber London bis nach Paris reichen sollte, wozu er einen Tunnel unter dem \u00C4rmelkanal bauen wollte. Ein weiteres gescheitertes Projekt war der Watkin\u2019s Tower."@de . . . "Mary Briggs Mellor ;"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Ann Ingram"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "186925"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1123420282"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Edward Watkin"@de . . . "Sir Edward William Watkin, 1. Baronet (* 26. September 1819 in Salford; \u2020 13. April 1901 in Manchester) war ein britischer Manager und Politiker (Liberal Party). \u00DCber 30 Jahre lang war er Abgeordneter des House of Commons. Er war Vorsitzender mehrerer Eisenbahngesellschaften, darunter der , der und der Metropolitan Railway (letztere geh\u00F6rt heute zum Netz der London Underground). Watkin strebte ohne Erfolg den Aufbau eines von ihm kontrollierten Eisenbahnnetzes an, das von den Midlands \u00FCber London bis nach Paris reichen sollte, wozu er einen Tunnel unter dem \u00C4rmelkanal bauen wollte. Ein weiteres gescheitertes Projekt war der Watkin\u2019s Tower."@de . "1819-09-26"^^ . . . . . . . "Watkin by Augustus Henry Fox now in the National Railway Museum"@en . . . . . . . . "1880"^^ . . . "1874"^^ . . . . . "Sir Edmund Lacon"@en . . "Member of Parliament for Stockport"@en . . . . . . . "1864"^^ . . . . . . . "1819-09-26"^^ . "1901"^^ . "1901-04-13"^^ . . "1857"^^ .