C.L. Morgan
| Charles Langbridge Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 January 1855 Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 9 November 1940 (aged 85) Hove, Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Children | Charles Langbridge Morgan |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil, |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president) |
Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan (1 January 1855 - 9 November 1940) CBE (1 January 1855 – 9 November 1940) was a British civil engineer. A railways engineer he spent his early career on several railway construction projects before joining the Great Eastern Railway where his responsibilities included construction of Liverpool Street station. Morgan became chief engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1896 and directed improvements to London Victoria station and Grosvenor Bridge. During the First World War Morgan was a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers, carrying out "special engineering duties" in Italy and France for the War Office. He later served as the army's deputy director of railways, on the advisory expert committee to the Ministry of Munitions and on the Disposals Board.
Morgan was born on 1 January 1855 in Worcester, England. He was educated privately in Australia and England before commencing a pupillage under Edward Wilson in June 1870. Morgan completed this in 1877 and was employed as a chief engineering assistant in Wilson's firm, Messrs E Wilson & Company on railway engineering works. This included acting as resident engineer during the construction of the Banbury and Cheltenham Railway and as assistant engineer on the construction of several West Midland lines of the Great Western Railway.
Morgan was appointed assistant engineer to the Great Eastern Railway in 1883, under chief engineer John Wilson. Morgan had responsibility for maintenance of the entire network including the renewal of a large number of bridges and the company's expansion with new London approach lines, including the construction of the first Liverpool Street station. In 1896 he became chief engineer of the Newhaven Harbour Company, in February of the same year succeeding Frederick Banister as chief engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR). At LB&SCR Morgan was responsible for the construction of the line between Stoat's Nest and Earlswood which freed the line from dependence upon the South Eastern Railway and renovation of the company's portion of Victoria station in London. He upgraded the section between Victoria and Balcombe to quadruple track, rebuilding most of the stations along that 32-mile section, and widened the Grosvenor Bridge over the Thames. Morgan retired in 1917 and was appointed to the board of directors, transferring to the board of the Southern Railway after the mergers mandated by the Railways Act 1921.
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