Logan and Hemingway was a firm of British civil engineering contractors.
The firm was an awarded a number of contracts by the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grims ...
and its successor the
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its Great Central Main Line, London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company ...
, including expansion of the company's
No.1 Fish Dock
The Port of Grimsby is located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Sea trade out of Grimsby dates to at least the medieval period. The ''Grimsby Haven Company'' began dock development in the late 1700 ...
at the
Port of Grimsby
The Port of Grimsby is located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary at Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Sea trade out of Grimsby dates to at least the medieval period. The ''Grimsby Haven Company'' began dock development in the late 1700 ...
in the 1870s. parts of the company's London extension (
Great Central Main Line
The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension is a former main line railway in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), which had been renamed t ...
), the company's new station at Nottingham (
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Nottingham Victoria railway station was a Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway (Great Britain), Great Northern Railway railway station in Nottingham, England. It was designed by the architect Albert Edward Lambert, who also designed ...
), and work on the company's pier at
New Holland .
See also
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John William Logan, partner in the firm and MP
References
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Construction and civil engineering companies of England
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