John Whitton

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John Whitton (born 1820 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England - died 1898) was appointed Engineer-in-Charge for the New South Wales Railways in January 1867. Over the next 32 years he completed 2811 miles of railway around NSW and Victoria. He is notable, in particular, for building the Zig Zag Railways over the Blue Mountains and much of the Great Southern Line. There is a memorial to him on the walking trail to his substantial seven-span sandstone Knapsack Viaduct at Lapstone.

The town of Whitton, New South Wales and the John Whitton Bridge in Meadowbank, New South Wales is named after him.