About Alec
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Lived in Saltash, Cornwall 1953-1972 and explored E Cornwall/W Devon industrial archaeology while the area was comparatively unknown. Made two trips through Tavistock Canal Tunnel in CEGB ownership while closed for maintenance- father CEGB transmission engineer. Completed and published, with others, (2013) original research on the last and lost years of the Liskeard and Caradon Railway under GWR ownership and more recently a review of the 1910 GWR Survey of its Caradon Branch and an account of the construction of Runnalls siding in 1907 to the Prince of Wales Engine House site (both 2017). Since completed papers on the fatal accident to James Julian at PoW in 1909 and the permanent way surveys of the Caradon Branch in 1901 and 1907 (2018). Decade of research on the Caradon Branch concluded with 2020 paper on the GWR Divisional Civil Engineers responsible for the line from 1909 to 1947.
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Evesham, Worcestershire
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Retired NHS Public Health professional
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28/10/2008
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