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Daniel Gooch

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.

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Born
(1816-08-24)24 August 1816 Bedlington, Northumberland, England
Died
15 October 1889(1889-10-15) (aged 73)
Occupations
Railway locomotive engineer, transatlantic cable engineer
Projects
Great Western Railway Transatlantic telegraph cable
Spouses
Emily Burder ​(m. 1870)​

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Daniel Gooch and the Swindon Railway Village

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Occupations · 1
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Daniel GoochDied15 October 1889(1889-10-15) (aged 73)1.00infobox
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Daniel Goochrelated to Daniel Gooch and the Swindon Railway VillageGWR Medical Fund Society0.60section
Daniel Goochrelated to Daniel Gooch and the Swindon Railway VillageMFS0.60section
Daniel Goochrelated to Daniel Gooch and the Swindon Railway VillageNew Swindon Mechanics Institute0.60section
Daniel Goochrelated to Daniel Gooch and the Swindon Railway VillageMI0.60section
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