| | | Cornelius Vanderbilt I (May 27 1794 - January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets "The Commodore" or "Commodore Vanderbilt", was an American... | | Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 - 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed... | | William Hedley (1773 - January 9 1843) was one of the leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, and was very instrumental in several... | | Sir William Mackenzie (October 17 1849 - December 5 1923) was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur. Born near Peterborough, Ontario,... | | Peter Alan Waterman OBE (born in Coventry on January 15, 1947) is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television... | | Montague Aldous was a Dominion Topographical Surveyor from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was a participant in foundation surveys... | | Sir Donald Mann (March 23, 1853 - November 10, 1934) was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur. Born at Acton, Ontario, Mann studied as a... | | Alvin Adams (June 16 1804 - September 2 1877) was the founder of Adams and Company, a forerunner to Adams Express, one of the first companies to... | | Robert Gerwig was a German civil engineer. Gerwig attended the GroĆherzogliches Polytechnikum (now known as Karlsruhe University) where he studied c... | | Paul M. Weyrich (born October 7, 1942, in Racine, Wisconsin) is a US conservative political activist and commentator. He is widely considered one... | |