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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1. Baronet (* 24. August 1816 in Bedlington, Northumberland; † 15. Oktober 1889 möglicherweise in Clewer Park, Windsor) war von 1837 bis 1864 Erster Chefingenieur der Great Western Railway und von 1865 bis 1889 deren Vorsitzender sowie britischer Parlamentsabgeordneter.
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 until his death in 1889.
20. Aug. 2024 · Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway pioneer and mechanical engineer who laid the first successful transatlantic cables. After working under the pioneer railroad builders George and Robert Stephenson, Gooch was appointed, in 1837, locomotive superintendent of the Great Western.
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Daniel Gooch, 1st baronet was born in 1816 at Bedlington. He was the first locomotive superintendant of the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1837 and worked under Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He established the company’s locomotive works at Swindon.
The Daniel Gooch standard gauge locomotives comprise several classes of locomotives designed by Daniel Gooch, Superintendent of Locomotive Engines for the Great Western Railway (GWR) from 1837 to 1864.
Daniel W. Gooch (1859) Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (* 8. Januar 1820 in Wells, York County, Maine; † 11. November 1891 in Melrose, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1858 und 1875 vertrat er zwei Mal den Bundesstaat Massachusetts im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
The first Locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR) were specified by Isambard Kingdom Brunel but Daniel Gooch was soon appointed as the railway's Locomotive Superintendent. He designed several different 7 ft ⁄ in (2,140 mm) broad gauge types for the growing railway, such as the Firefly and later Iron Duke Class 2-2-2s.
