James Fenton was born at Dunkenny, near Forfar, Angus, on 29 August 1815.
He was apprenticed and trained in mechanical and civil engineering under James Cook & Co. of Glasgow, and Mr. Blackadder respectively.
He left the Leeds and Thirsk before the completion of the line, and began work at the Railway Foundry, Leeds, where his work included the production of the Jenny Lind locomotive type based on designs by John Gray, and the construction of the pier of New Holland Pier railway station.
[1] In 1851 Fenton left the Railway Foundry, and joined the Low Moor Company of Bradford.
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