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'''Thomas Brassey''' (1805-1870) was a civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials. For many of his contracts he would enter into partnership with other contractors, including Peto and Betts. Although the partnership of the three was normally referred to as Peto, Brassey and Betts<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Peto,_Brassey_and_Betts Graces Guide]</ref> as seen in the Canadian handbill, the ceremonial scroll buried in the foundations of [[Victoria Bridge]] referred to "Messrs. Brassey, Peto and Betts, contractors".
Brassey’s manufacturing company, Thomas Brassey and Co of Canada Works Birkenhead manufactured the wrought iron sections of [[Dowles Bridge]]. The scrollwork on [[Victoria Bridge]] also refers to "Messrs. Brassey & Co., Contractors." In another of his regular partnerships, the contractors for [[Albert Edward Bridge]] were recorded as Messrs '''Brassey and Field'''.<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Albert_Edward_Bridge Grace's Guide] Retrieved 14 October 2019</ref> Some contemporary newspaper reports on the construction of the Severn Valley Railway also referred to Brassey and Field. '''William Field''', also referred to in contemporary newspaper reports as "Captain Field", was a railway contractor from Shrewsbury.<ref>[http://www.audleyfhs.co.uk/Journal%204/Audley%20Branch%20Railway.htm The Audley Branch Railway, David Dyble]</ref>
In 1854 Peto, Brassey and Betts built the Grand Crimean Central Railway between Balaklava and Sevastopol to transport supplies to troops involved in the Crimean War. The following year Peto was made a Baronet in recognition of his wartime service.
