Most probably born at Bolton, Lancashire, one of several children of William Ramsden, an engineer, James Ramsden served an apprenticeship with the Liverpool firm of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy before becoming locomotive superintendent for the new Furness Railway Company in January 1846.
Most probably born at Bolton, Lancashire, one of several children of William Ramsden, James Ramsden served an apprenticeship with the Liverpool firm of Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy before. Most probably born at Bolton, Lancashire, one of several children of William Ramsden, James Ramsden was becoming locomotive superintendent for the new Furness Railway Company in January 1846. William Ramsden was an engineer.