Henry Booth (4 April 1788 - 1869) was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool, England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Rodney Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England is noted for the number of doctors and its Georgian architecture. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A descendant of the Booths of Twemlow, he was a corn merchant, businessman and engineer. Twemlow is a Civil parish, containing the village of Twemlow Green in the Borough of Congleton, Cheshire, England.
During 1825 Booth was a vigorous proponent of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company (L&M). The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR was the world's first inter-city passenger Railway in which all the trains were timetabled and were hauled for most of the distance At the first general meeting of the railway's shareholders on 29 May 1826, he was appointed to be one of the L&M's twelve initial directors. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Next day the directors appointed him as company secretary and treasurer - equivalent to the post of chief executive officer, at a salary of £500 a year. He continued to fill those important posts until 1846.
On the formation of the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) on 16 July 1846, he became a director of the new large company, serving until 1859. The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was also the LNWR's first secretary between 1846 and 1848. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap
Booth proposed the basic design of the first multi-tubular boiler used on Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive built in late 1829 for the L&M Railway. A fire-tube boiler is a type of boiler in which hot gases from the fire pass through one or more tubes within the boiler Replica Rocket and coachjpg|thumb|right|A replica coach and Rocket at the Rocket 150 event]] Stephenson's Rocket was an early Steam locomotive of 0-2-2
References
- Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1830-1980, Frank Ferneyhough, Book Club Associates, England, 1980 (No ISBN)
- Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies, Christopher Awdry, Guild Publishing, England, 1990, CN 8983
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