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John Ramsbottom lived from 1814 to1897 and built up an international reputation for Crewe Works, and himself, in his own lifetime, yet this is the first biography of him to be published.

Based on many years of research, this well illustrated book is much more than a catalogue of machinery, giving details of Ramsbottom the man and his life, as well as his inventions, his years with the London and North Western Railway at Longsight and Crewe, and his later years helping to establish and develop the new works at Horwich for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

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About the Author:
Robin Pennie was born in 1950 and has a lifelong interest in steam engines of all sorts, particularly the steam locomotive. He trained at Trinity College of Music before spending a dozen years in the viola section of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. After leaving Belfast, he and his wife ran a second hand bookshop in Todmorden for nearly ten years, and are currently involved in various local projects.

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