Sir John Audley Frederick Aspinall (25 August 1851 – 19 January 1937) was a British mechanical engineer who served as Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Southern and Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways. He introduced vacuum brakes to his locomotives in Ireland a trend which was followed in Britain and designed several locomotives. He was also president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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birth date
1851-08-25
death date
1937-01-19
depiction description (caption)
Painting of Aspinall made c.1920
discipline
Civil engineering, Mechanical engineering
institution
Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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