Thomas Bouch
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Sir Thomas Bouch | |
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| Born | 25 Februar 1822 Thursby, Cumbria, England |
| Dee'd | 30 October 1880 (aged 58) Moffat, Scotland |
| Naitionality | British |
| Thrift | Engineer |
| Ingineerin career | |
| Ingineerin discipline | Civil engineer Structural engineer |
| Institution memberships | Institution of Civil Engineers (Associate 1850, Member 1858) |
| Signeeficant projects | Waverley Station, Tay Rail Brig |
Sir Thomas Bouch (25 Februar 1822 – 30 October 1880) wis a Breetish railwey ingineer. He wis born in Thursby, near Cairl, Cumberland, an lived in Edinburgh. As manager o the Edinburgh an Northren Railway he introduced the first roll-on/roll-off train ferry service in the warld. Subsequently as a consulting ingineer, he helped develop the caisson an popularised the uise o lattice girders in railwey brigs. He wis knighted efter the successfu completion o the first Tay Rail Brig, but his name is chiefly remembered for the subsequent Tay Brig disaster, in which 75 fowk are believed tae hae died as a result o defects in design, construction an maintenance, for aw o which Bouch wis held responsible. He died within 18 month o bein knighted, wi his reputation destroyed.