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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 15:47, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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Edgar Claxton
- ... that Edgar Claxton helped set up electrification of the UK mainline railway in the 1960s, and was awarded the MBE? Source: Change at Crewe (1960) British Railways booklet: "Edgar Claxton, an engineer who was part of the team setting up the first overhead wires for electrification of the (UK) mainline railway" and London Gazette 14 June 1969, p.5974: "M.B.E.: Edgar Claxton fixed equipment and projects engineer, British Railways Board."
- Reviewed: Stangl Pottery
- Comment: This article was created in userspace, then copied and pasted to mainspace on 6 November 2020.
Created by Storye book (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 8 November 2020 (UTC).
- :* This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:11, 9 November 2020 (UTC)