H. F. STEPHENS, M.I.C.E. |
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EDUCATION EDUCATION |
| University College School, London | 1877-1883 | . |
| With Private Tutor | 1883-1994 | . |
| Vitre (Ile-et-Villaine) | 1884-1886 | French, &c. |
| Carlesruhe (Baden) | 1886-1887 | German, Mathematics, &c. |
| Matriculation, London University | 1887 | . |
| University College, London | 1887-1888 | Pupil, Sir A. W. B. Kennedy, Civil Engineering. |
| Workshops and Loco Dept., Neasden Works | 1889-1890 | Pupil, J. J. Hanbury, Mechanical Engineering |
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LIST
OF WORKS. WORKS CONSTRUCTED |
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Name of Works. |
Period. |
Mileage. |
Remarks. |
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Paddock Wood & Cranbrook Railway |
1890-94 |
11 3 5 |
Resident Engineer during construction. (Now worked and maintained by S.E. & C.R.) |
|
*Rye & Camber Tramway (Steam) |
1895 |
2 0 0 |
Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
*Chichester & Selsey Tram Road (Steam) |
1897 |
8 0 0 |
Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
*Rother
Valley Railway |
1898 |
12 0 4 |
Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent, and Managing Director. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
Sheppey Railway |
1900-02 |
8 5 0 |
Engineer. (Now worked and maintained by S.E. & C.R.) |
|
*Rolvenden
& Tenterden Railway |
1902 |
1 4 6 |
Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent, and Managing Director. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
*Kent & East Sussex Railway, Tenterden to Headcorn extension |
1903-04 |
7 6 9 |
Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent, and Managing Director. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
Bere Alston & Calstock Railway |
1904 |
4 1 8 |
Engineer in conjunction with Messrs. Galbraith & Church, Locomotive Superintendent, and Managing Director. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
East
Cornwall Mineral Railway |
1904 |
6 0 0 |
Engineer in conjunction with Messrs. Galbraith & Church, Locomotive Superintendent, and Managing Director. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway |
1909 |
12 2 3 |
Engineer, reconstructed and converted line from mineral to passenger. |
|
*Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway |
1910-11 |
24 0 0 |
Railway reconstructed. Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent, and Managing Director. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
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*East Kent Railway |
1911-16 |
18 0 0 |
Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent, and General Manager. Designed and equipped line, organised traffic matters and worked line. |
|
*Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway |
1911 |
14 0 0 |
Engineer, Locomotive Superintendent, and General Manager. |
|
Medway
Upper Navigation |
1896-1901 |
16 0 0 |
Engineer. (Number of Locks on River, 13.) |
*Lines worked and maintained.
Mileage of Railways constructed, 130 miles, at a cost of £842,225.
Considerable experience re Parliamentary work, also organization of traffic matters and the complete equipment of Railways with rolling stock and stores.
At present responsible for a considerable number of standard and narrow gauge engines, coaches, and trucks of various types; also other rolling stock, with workshops, etc.
WORKS LOCATED AND DESIGNED.
|
Name of Line. |
Period. |
Mileage. |
Remarks. |
|
Tenterden Railway (Parliamentary Line) |
1894 |
31 5 9 |
Passed. Charge of Survey and Sections. |
|
Rother Valley Railway (Parliamentary Line) |
1895 |
12 1 3 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
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Railways under Act of 1896, &c. :- |
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Rye & Camber Tramway (Steam) |
1895 |
2 0 0 |
Sole Engineer. |
|
Gower Railway |
1896 |
13 6 6 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Hadlow Railway |
1896 |
11 5 5 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Central Essex Railway |
1897 |
27 5 1 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Sheppey Railway |
1897 |
7 6 1 |
First 5 miles rejected subject to diversion, remainder passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Chichester & Selsey Line (Steam) |
1897 |
8 0 0 |
Sole engineer. |
|
Sheppey Railway (Diversion) |
1898 |
8 5 1 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Cranbrook, Tenterden & Ashford Railway |
1898 |
21 0 2 |
First 9 m. 7 f. 1¾ c. passed, remainder rejected. Sole Engineer. |
|
Kelvedon, Coggeshall & Halstead Railway |
1898 |
9 4 1 |
First 2¼ miles passed, remainder rejected. Sole Engineer. |
|
St. Just, Land's End & Great Western Junction Railway |
1898 |
17 1 0 |
Rejected. Sole Engineer. |
|
Land's End, St. Just & Great Western Junction Railway |
1898 |
23 3 1 |
Rejected. Sole Engineer. |
|
Hedingham & Long Melford Railway |
1898 |
15 2 7 |
Rejected. Sole Engineer. |
|
Orpington, Cudham & Tatsfield Railway |
1898 |
7 6 8 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Long Melford & Hadleigh Railway |
1899 |
15 0 9 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Maidstone & Faversham Junction Railway |
1899 |
12 1 3 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
East Sussex Railway |
1899 |
7 2 8 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Rother Valley Railway Extension to Headcorn |
1901 |
7 7 1 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Surrey & Sussex Railway |
1902 |
25 5 6 |
Rejected. Sole Engineer. |
|
Maidstone & Sittingbourne Railway |
1904 |
11 1 6 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
|
Headcorn & Maidstone Junction Railway |
1906 |
10 0 8 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
North Shropshire Railway |
1907 |
24 0 0 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Bere Alston & Calstock Railway, North Hill Extension |
1909 |
6 7 1 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway |
1909 |
12 2 3 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
North Devon & Cornwall Junction Rly. |
1910 |
19 6 0 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
East Kent Railways |
1911 |
19 7 6 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
" " " Extensions |
1911 |
10 3 2 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
" " " " |
1912 |
5 2 1 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Cadbury Railway |
1912 |
1 6 4 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
|
East Kent Railways Extensions |
1913 |
21 6 8 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
|
Gower Railway |
1913 |
13 6 6 |
Pending. Joint Engineer. |
|
East Kent Railways Extensions |
1914 |
7 4 9 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
|
West Sussex Railway |
1915 |
8 1 0 |
Passed. Sole Engineer. |
|
Edge Hill Railway |
1917 |
11 2 8 |
Passed as regards 5 miles 5 furlongs 8 chains. Sole Engineer. |
|
Ashover Railway |
1918 |
6 0 8 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
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Shropshire Railways (Shrewsbury & Market Drayton Extension) |
1918 |
22 1 2 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
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Siding from L. & N. W. Rly. to Castner Kellner Alkali Co.'s Works, Weston Point, Cheshire. |
1918 |
0 7 6 |
Pending. Sole Engineer. |
Total mileage of lines over 450; total estimates, £2,900,000.
Considerable experience in locating, designing and working railways of economical construction.
Acted as Inspector to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, under notice of Accidents Act, 1894, for several years.
Admitted Student of Middle Temple, 1906.
General consulting work and reporting on various schemes, cases, &c., from 1890 to present date.
Has had special opportunities for acquiring knowledge of Government requirements for the working of both heavy and Light Railways.
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Raised 600 men (Royal Engineers) for South African War.
Raised and commanded 2,400 men and 220 officers (Royal Engineers), in 1914 for European War; mentioned in despatches 1916; returned to Railway Work 1916 with rank of Lieut.-Colonel Royal Engineers (T.R.)
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