词条 | Peter Bruff |
释义 |
Early careerBruff was born in Portsmouth. While working with Eastern Counties Railway from Shoreditch to Colchester, he began work on the Chappel Viaduct, which was constructed between 1847 and 1849.[2] The viaduct carries the Sudbury Branch Line across the Colne Valley in Essex. It stands {{convert|80|ft|m}} above the river, has 32 arches and is {{convert|1066|ft|m}} long. The viaduct contains 4.5 million bricks.[3] It was Bruff's dream for the line to Colchester to carry on as far as Ipswich but the railway company did not have sufficient funds. As a result, Bruff formed his own company, the Eastern Union Railway, and built the line himself, including the 361 yd (330 m) tunnel through Stoke Hill by Ipswich railway station.[4] Contributions to WaltonWhile working on the Ipswich line in 1855 he bought a house, Burnt House Farm, in Walton, an already an established but unremarkable town on the Essex coast near Frinton. He began to work on developing Walton as a recognized seaside resort. He took a major step in accomplishing this when in 1867, having accomplished the Ipswich line, he built another railway line, to Walton.[5] Peter Bruff's pier at Walton replaced an existing smaller pier which was blown down by a storm in 1881.[6] Bruff was also responsible for the building of the Marine Terrace, South Terrace (destroyed by bombing in World War II) and Clifton Baths (today the Pier Hotel). Contributions to ClactonBruff is regarded by some as the Richard Branson of the 19th Century for the work he did in Clacton, which was virtually non-existent when he arrived.[7] Upon his arrival in 1864, Bruff made a private deal to buy {{convert|50|acre|m2}}, the central part of the town, for around £10,000. The land concerned centred on the area each side of the Pier and back as far as Rosemary Lane. In approximately 1870, work began on the seaside resort of Clacton-on-Sea. The Times in 1871 wrote "That being an entirely new creation and not the adaptation of an existing town, none of the evils inseparable from the old watering holes will be allowed to exist in it. There will be no slums, nor do any object that can offend the eye."{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} When the pier opened, the town began truly to grow.[8] His later constructions in the town included: the Royal Hotel in 1872, a public hall in Pier Avenue, which was destroyed by a fire in 1939, and the creation of the town centre. There is now a hospital ward and a residential road, both named in Bruff's memory.[9] Bruff died at Ipswich on 24 February 1900.[10] Coalport china worksFollowing the death of William Pugh in 1875, the Coalport china works of John Rose & Co., in Shropshire, were wound up, and the business was purchased by Peter Bruff in 1880.[11] He re-established it as a limited liability company, the Coalport China Company, under the management of his son Charles Bruff in 1889. After Peter Bruff's death in 1900 Charles became Director, and he rebuilt the works on the original site in 1902.[12] Under his vision and energy some of its former glory was revived. During the 1920s it fell again into financial difficulties and was eventually taken over by the Cauldon Potteries, Ltd., of Shelton, Staffordshire, in 1925.[13] References1. ^{{cite book | title=Civil Engineering Heritage| last=Labrum| first=E.A.| year=1994| publisher=T. Telford| isbn=0-7277-1970-X| page=282}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.colnestour.org/viaduct_at_chappel.htm|title=The Viaduct at Chappel|accessdate=2008-03-11|publisher=The Colne-Stour Countryside Association |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080205022117/http://www.colnestour.org/viaduct_at_chappel.htm |archivedate = 2008-02-05}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwonders/east/chappell_mm/index.shtml|title=Chappel Viaduct|accessdate=2008-03-11|publisher=BBC |work=Seven Man Made Wonders}} 4. ^A.K.B. Evans and J.B Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain: Essays in Honour of Jack Simmons (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2003), p. 157. {{ISBN|0-7546-0949-9}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2005/07/01/coast05walks_stage6.shtml|title=Walton Town/Naze Park|accessdate=2008-03-11|publisher=BBC|date=2005-03-19|work=Essex - Coast}} 6. ^{{cite book | title=Essex| last=Bettley| first=James|author2=David Andrews |author3=Nigel Brown |author4=James Kemble | year=2007| publisher=Yale University Press| isbn=0-300-11614-4| page=816}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/essex/local_interest/towns__villages/clacton/peterbruff.html|title=Clacton's 19th Century Branson|accessdate=2008-03-11|publisher=This is Essex|year=2000}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/features/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=Features&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=features&itemid=IPED21%20Jul%202006%2015%3A45%3A48%3A803 |title=Do you Remember Clacton's Steel Stella? |accessdate=2008-03-11 |publisher=EADT 24 |date=2006-07-22 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archive.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/2007/7/26/254968.html|title=Clacton: Bruff Issue Raised in Commons|accessdate=2008-03-11|date=2007-07-26|work=Clacton & Frinton Gazette}} 10. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary|day_of_week=Monday |date=26 February 1900 |page_number=6 |issue=36075|}} 11. ^G.A. Godden, Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain (London 1970). See Shropshire Archives, Ref. 1190/3/1133-1294, especially extension 1229, see The National Archives Catalogue. 12. ^J. Alfrey and C. Clark, The Landscape of Industry: Patterns of Change in the Ironbridge Gorge (Routledge 2005), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3PGIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q&f=false p.99-100.] 13. ^M.F. Messenger, Coalport 1795-1926: An Introduction to the History and Porcelains of John Rose and Company (Antique Collectors' Club 1995), p. 406. Further reading
10 : 1812 births|1900 deaths|English civil engineers|Pioneers of rail transport|Bridge engineers|Railway engineers|British people in rail transport|British railway pioneers|British railway entrepreneurs|People from Portsmouth |
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。