John Whitton

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Victoria Bridge over the Nepean River in Sydney, Australia was designed by Whitton. It was completed in 1867.

John Whitton (born 1820 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England - died 20 February 1898) was appointed Engineer-in-Charge for the New South Wales Railways, Australia, 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 railway over the Blue Mountains, in particular the Great Zig Zag near Lithgow, and much of the Great Southern Line. There is a memorial to him on the Lapstone Zig Zag walking trail commemorating 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 are named after him. It stands next to an earlier iron lattice railway bridge that was constructed under his direction along with eleven others in New South Wales.

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