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Henry Booth (4 April 1788 – 28 March 1869) was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool, England. A descendant of the Booths of Twemlow, he was a corn merchant, businessman and engineer. During 1825 Booth was a vigorous proponent of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company (L&M). At the first general meeting of the railway's shareholders on 29 May 1826, he was appointed to be one of the L&M's twelve initial directors. Next day the directors appointed him as company secretary and treasurer—equivalent to the post of chief executive officer—at a salary of £500 a year. He continued to competently fill those important posts until 1846. Booth was a leading proponent of working all British railways to one standard time. On the formation of the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) on 16 July 1846, he became a director of the new large company, serving until 1859. He was also the LNWR's first secretary between 1846 and 1848. Booth proposed the basic design of the first multi-tubular boiler, invented by Marc Seguin, used on Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive built in late 1829 for the L&M Railway. ==References== * ''Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1830–1980'', Frank Ferneyhough, Book Club Associates, England, 1980 (No ISBN) * ''Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies'', Christopher Awdry, Guild Publishing, England, 1990, CN 8983 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Booth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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