William Marriott (engineer)

William Marriott (1857 – 17 November 1943) was the engineer, locomotive superintendent and traffic manager of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN) Marriott was born at Basel, Switzerland where his father was a professor of English at the University of Basel.

He was offered a permanent post which he accepted, and in 1883 he became the civil engineer and in 1884 the locomotive superintendent of the Eastern & Midlands Railway.

After many years service, improving the line and developing the use of reinforced concrete, he was finally appointed as the railway's traffic manager in 1919, in which post he remained until his retirement on 31 December 1924.

This organisation also runs the William Marriott Museum which is located at Holt station.

[2] Marriott's Way, a long distance footpath that follows the route of two former (M&GN) lines in Norfolk, takes its name from him.