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DAPOL Wessex Wagons - 4 Plank Wagon No.294 with sand load "SIR JOHN JACKSON" - BOXED

DAPOL Wessex Wagons - 4 Plank Wagon No.294 with sand load "SIR JOHN JACKSON" - BOXED

DAPOL

$20.00 Sale

From the Wessex Wagons range of models representing wagons from the south coast area, like new condition.

Sir John Jackson Ltd., Contractor - 4 plank wagon no. 294, with sand load

John Jackson was apprenticed to Newcastle engineer William Boyd, 1966-1868, before studying civil engineering at Edinburgh.

His first major contract was to build Stobcross docks in Glasgow in 1876.

His most outstanding work was the Manchester ship canal, 1894-1895, for which he was knighted by Queen Victoria, his company was renamed accordingly.

Subsequently, he constructed the Keyham Yard extension at Devonport Royal Dockyard, 1896-1907, a railway from Arica-La Paz rising 14,500' across the Andes, 1909, and numerous other major harbour projects across the globe.

Limited edition no. 49 of 127