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Peto, Brassey and Betts

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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 partnership, 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>
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. He The following year Peto was made a Baronet in recognition of his wartime service.
==Involvement with the Severn Valley Railway==
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