1. John Saxby was an English engineer from Brighton, noted for his work in railway signalling and the invention of the interlocking system of points and signals.
10 Facts About John Saxby
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John Saxby was later a partner in the firm Saxby and Farmer.
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John Saxby is regarded as "the father of modern signalling".
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John Saxby later became the foreman of the carpenters and joiners, sawyers, pattern makers, plumbers, gas-fitters, and labourers at the works.
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John Saxby became interested in railway safety and invented an improved signalling lamp, giving considerable benefits and savings on the lamps then in use.
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John Saxby invented a device for interlocking points and signals.
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In 1861 John Saxby left the railway employment and started his own business at Haywards Heath to manufacture signalling apparatus.
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In 1901 the British company that John Saxby founded merged with several rivals to create the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd.
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John Saxby died at Hassocks, Sussex, on 22 April 1913.
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John Saxby is commemorated with a modern plaque in Brighton Station.