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Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 – 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies.

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  • Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 – 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies. Among his more notable projects were: his expansion of the Metropolitan Railway, part of today's London Underground; the construction of the Great Central Main Line, a purpose-built high-speed railway line; the creation of a pleasure garden with a partially constructed iron tower at Wembley; and a failed attempt to dig a Channel Tunnel under the English Channel to connect his railway empire to the French rail network. (en)
  • Sir Edward William Watkin, 1. Baronet (* 26. September 1819 in Salford; † 13. April 1901 in Manchester) war ein britischer Manager und Politiker (Liberal Party). Über 30 Jahre lang war er Abgeordneter des House of Commons. Er war Vorsitzender mehrerer Eisenbahngesellschaften, darunter der , der und der Metropolitan Railway (letztere gehört heute zum Netz der London Underground). Watkin strebte ohne Erfolg den Aufbau eines von ihm kontrollierten Eisenbahnnetzes an, das von den Midlands über London bis nach Paris reichen sollte, wozu er einen Tunnel unter dem Ärmelkanal bauen wollte. Ein weiteres gescheitertes Projekt war der Watkin’s Tower. (de)
  • Edward Watkin, anche conosciuto come Sir Edward William Watkin, 1° baronetto (Salford, 26 settembre 1819 – Manchester, 13 aprile 1901), è stato un imprenditore e politico britannico ricordato per i suoi ambiziosi progetti di ingegneria ferroviaria su larga scala. Detentore di nove diverse compagnie ferroviarie in tutto il Regno Unito, Watkin contribuì ad espandere la Metropolitan Railway (che includeva parte dell'odierna metropolitana di Londra) e fece costruire la (una linea ferroviaria ad alta velocità). Tentò anche di avviare, ma senza successo, vari progetti ambiziosi fra cui la Watkin's Tower a Wembley (Londra) e un tunnel che avrebbe attraversato il Canale della Manica con cui sperava di collegare le sue reti ferroviarie a quelle francesi. (it)
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  • Watkin by Augustus Henry Fox now in the National Railway Museum (en)
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  • Mary Briggs Mellor ; (en)
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  • Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth (en)
  • Member of Parliament for Stockport (en)
  • Member of Parliament for Hythe (en)
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  • Sir Edward William Watkin, 1. Baronet (* 26. September 1819 in Salford; † 13. April 1901 in Manchester) war ein britischer Manager und Politiker (Liberal Party). Über 30 Jahre lang war er Abgeordneter des House of Commons. Er war Vorsitzender mehrerer Eisenbahngesellschaften, darunter der , der und der Metropolitan Railway (letztere gehört heute zum Netz der London Underground). Watkin strebte ohne Erfolg den Aufbau eines von ihm kontrollierten Eisenbahnnetzes an, das von den Midlands über London bis nach Paris reichen sollte, wozu er einen Tunnel unter dem Ärmelkanal bauen wollte. Ein weiteres gescheitertes Projekt war der Watkin’s Tower. (de)
  • Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 – 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies. (en)
  • Edward Watkin, anche conosciuto come Sir Edward William Watkin, 1° baronetto (Salford, 26 settembre 1819 – Manchester, 13 aprile 1901), è stato un imprenditore e politico britannico ricordato per i suoi ambiziosi progetti di ingegneria ferroviaria su larga scala. (it)
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