insideKENT Magazine Issue 49 - April 2016 | Page 95
BROADSTAIRS
Broadstairs is a very special place.
This is where Thomas Russell
Crampton – the famous Victorian
engineer and designer – lived and
worked, and this year celebrates his
bicentenary. Thomas Crampton is,
perhaps, best known for creating
the Crampton Locomotive, thanks
to his previous work on Brunel’s
Great Western Railway, but there
is much more behind the man than
that. Amongst his other
achievements, Crampton actually
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