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[[File:Thomas Brassey.jpg |thumb|300px| Thomas Brassey]]
[[File:Victoria Bridge, Montreal.jpg |thumb|300px|Handbill for Victoria Bridge, Montreal, built by Peto, Brassey and Betts]]
'''Morton Peto, Thomas Brassey and Edward Betts ''' were the partnership of civil engineers who were responsible for the [[Construction of the Severn Valley Railway|construction of the Severn Valley Railway]]. They were also responsible for the construction or many other railways both in the UK and overseas; the latter including the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada and by coincidence, the Victoria Bridge across the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal.
==The contractors==
'''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 partnershipof 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.
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.
==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Peto Morton Peto on Wikipedia]<br>*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brassey Thomas Brassey on Wikipedia]<br>*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Betts Edward Betts on Wikipedia]<br>*[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Brassey_and_Field Brassey and Field on Grace's Guide]
