| 词条 | Murdoch Paterson |
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Murdoch Paterson (September 1826 – 9 August 1898[1]) was an engineer and architect based in Inverness who was chief engineer of the Highland Railway. BackgroundHe was born in September 1826, one of five sons of Donald Paterson (1778-1851), farmer, at Dell of Inshes, Inverness, and Elizabeth Munro(1789–1847). He was educated at Inverness Royal Academy, and initially worked as a wine merchant in Inverness.[2] His elder brother, William Paterson, was also an engineer.[3] He married firstly Jane MacCallum (1826 - 1868) in January 1852. They had two children:
He married secondly Frances Wiles (1837 - 1906) in London in 1870 and they also had two children:
CareerIn 1846 he became articled to Joseph Mitchell, the Inspector of Highland Roads and Bridges, and surveyor of railways in the Highlands. In 1851 he worked on expanding the Port of Inverness, and from 1854 worked with Joseph Mitchell on the construction of new lines for the Highland Railway, including Inverness to Keith. In 1862, Joseph Mitchell set up a partnership with William and Murdoch Paterson, as Joseph Mitchell and Company. Mitchell retired in 1867, and Murdoch became chief engineer of the Highland Railway on 6 November 1874.[4] As well as engineering the construction of new lines for the Highland Railway, he also prepared the designs of many new stations. He died on 9 August 1898 whilst still in post, just three months before the opening of the new line from Inverness to Aviemore. His estate was valued at £10,611[5] ({{Inflation|UK|10611|1898|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} {{S-start}}{{S-bus}}{{S-bef|before=Peter Wilson}}{{S-ttl|title=Chief Engineer of the Highland Railway |years=1874-1898}}{{S-aft|after=William Roberts}}{{End}}Main works{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
}}{{Expand list|date=October 2016}} GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Our London Letter |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000162/18980810/038/0005 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland |date=10 August 1898 |access-date=8 October 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Paterson, Murdoch}}2. ^1 {{cite magazine |last=Paterson |first=Anne-Mary |date=October 2016 |title=Murdoch Paterson: A Highland Engineer |url= |magazine=Steam Days |location= |publisher=Key Publishing Limited |access-date= }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202954 |title=Murdoch Paterson |author= |date= |website=Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1660-1980 |publisher= |access-date=8 October 2016 |quote=}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Vallance|first1=H.A.|last2=Clinker|first2=C.R.|title=The Highland Railway|page=213|year=1971|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-330-02720-5|ref=harv}} 5. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Deaths |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000575/18981124/084/0004 |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Scotland |date=24 November 1898 |access-date=8 October 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 7 : 19th-century Scottish architects|Scottish civil engineers|Highland Railway|People educated at Inverness Royal Academy|1826 births|1898 deaths|Railway architects |
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