Other Work
Brogdens built part of the Northampton and Peterborough Railway, from Oundle to Peterborough. They also doubled the line from Oundle to Peterborough (contracted 11 Dec 1845).
They built sluices and tidal gates at St Germans, Norfolk, one of the outlets of The Fens.
In 1850 They joined Mr McClean in a lease of the South Staffordshire line which they held and worked for about six years. with Alexander Brogden as manager. This line ran through Wednesbury and Alexander was elected as the first M.P. of that town in 1868. This suggests a long-standing relationship with the area.
In the Netherlands Brogdens held the concession to construct about 50 miles (80 km) of railway – the Tilburg and Nijmegen in North Brabant and Gelderland, which formed part of the Dutch South Eastern Railway Company (DSERC) and a new direct route from London to Berlin via Flushing (Vlissingen). There was some dispute with the DSERC but the nature of this dispute is not clear.
The Mont Cenis Pass Railway was promoted and constructed by the firm, together with Thomas Brassey, J B Fell, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Abinger, James Brunlees and others. This temporary "Fell Railway" operated from 1868 to 1871, and was replaced by the railway through the Mont Cenis Tunnel.
Richardson (1881) page 46 also refers to an ironworks in Finland and copper mines in Russia. An obituary of Henry Brogden refers to work in Australia and South America.
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