Logan and Hemingway was a firm of British civil engineering contractors.
The firm was an awarded a number of contracts by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and its successor the Great Central Railway, including expansion of the company's No.1 Fish Dock at the Port of Grimsby in the 1870s.[1] parts of the company's London extension (Great Central Main Line),[2] the company's new station at Nottingham c. 1897 (Nottingham Victoria railway station),[3] and work on the company's pier at New Holland c. 1922.[4]
See also
- John William Logan, partner in the firm and MP
References
- ^ Dow 1985, p. 162.
- ^ "Logan & Hemingway locomotive - No. 30.", Railway Archive: The Last Main Line, retrieved 22 July 2015
- ^ "The Great Central Railway at Nottingham" (PDF), The Engineer, 84: 269, 17 September 1897, retrieved 22 July 2015
- ^ "Strengthening New Holland Pier" (PDF), The Engineer, 134: 450, 27 October 1922, retrieved 22 July 2015
Sources
- Dow, George (1985) [1962], Great Central, vol. 2
- Emblin, Robert (May 2006), "Logan and Hemingway — the firm and families. Part 1", Backtrack, 20 (5), Pendragon: 306–310 ; abstract via www.steamindex.com
- Emblin, Robert (June 2006), "Logan and Hemingway — the firm and families. Part 2", Backtrack, 20 (6), Pendragon: 371–377 ; abstract via www.steamindex.com
- Hartley, Fred (2004), Paddy Logan's Army: The Civil Engineering Firm of Logan and Hemingway