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Tom Hurry Riches | |
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Born | Cardiff, Wales | 24 November 1846
Died | 4 September 1911 Cardiff, Wales | (aged 64)
Known for | Railway engineer |
Children | Charles T. Hurry Riches (son) |
Tom Hurry Riches (1846–1911) was a British engineer who became the Locomotive Superintendent of the Taff Vale Railway in October 1873, and held the post until his death on 4 September 1911. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest locomotive superintendent in Britain. Riches was elected as a Whitworth Exhibitioner in 1868. [1]
Riches served as President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers between 1907–1908. [2]
His son, Charles T. Hurry Riches was Locomotive Superintendent of the Rhymney Railway from 1906 until 1922.