Timothy hackworth biography

Hackworth was born in Wylam, Northumberland, on 22 December 1786 and died in Shildon, Co Durham, on 7 July 1850. He was a pioneer of steam locomotion. He was the eldest son of John Hackworth, who from 1782 until his death in 1802, was foreman blacksmith at Wylam colliery. He was educated at Wylam village school and at 14 began training under his father. From 1802 his training was supervised by Christopher Blackett (proprietor of the colliery) and in 1807 he became foreman smith, remaining at Wylam until 1816. During this period he was concerned in the design and construction of the early locomotives built at Wylam (see Jonathan Foster and William Hedley). In 1813 he married Jane Golightly at Ovingham. Both were devout Methodists, Timothy becoming a lay preacher.

In 1816 he moved to Walbottle colliery near Newcastle as foreman smith. On the opening of the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson & Co at Newcastle in 1824 he was asked to supervise the works during the absence of George Stephenson on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and of Robert in South America. Reluc

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Statue of Timothy Hackworth.
Sketch from Timothy Hackworth's note book.
1923. Hackworth's erecting shop at Shildon.
1836. Locomotives for Russia.
1836. Locomotives for Russia.
1848. Example of handwriting.
1833. The wife of Timothy Hackworth.
1837. Locomotive 'Arrow'.
1838. Hackworth's 0-6-0 Engine 1838.
1839. Locomotive 'Albion'
The wife of Timothy Hackworth.
Hackworth's business card.
Hackworth's safety valve.
Hackworth's safety valve.
Timothy Hackworth's grave stone at Shildon.

Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850) was a steam locomotive mechanical engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham

1786 December 22nd. Born in Wylam, Northumberland, the eldest of three sons and five daughters of John Hackworth (d. 1802), master blacksmith at Wylam colliery, and his wife, Elizabeth Sanderson of Newcastle. (Married 04 June 1781 at Ovingham, Northumberland)

He went to Wylam School

1800 At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed, initially to his father who was foreman blacksmi

Timothy Hackworth

British steam locomotive engineer (1786-1850)

Timothy Hackworth

Born22 December 1786

Wylam, Northumberland, England

Died7 July 1850(1850-07-07) (aged 63)
NationalityEnglish
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineLocomotive engineer

Timothy Hackworth (22 December 1786 – 7 July 1850) was an English steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Youth and early work

Timothy Hackworth was born in Wylam in 1786, five years after his fellow railway pioneer George Stephenson had been born in the same village. Hackworth[1] was the eldest son of John Hackworth who occupied the position of foreman blacksmith at Wylam Colliery until his death in 1804; the father had already acquired a considerable reputation as a mechanical worker and boiler maker. At the end of his apprenticeship in 1810 Timothy took over his father's position. Since 1804, the mine owner, Christopher Blackett had

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