Later Life & Legacy
Locke served as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in between December 1857 and December 1859.
Locke also served as Member of Parliament for Honiton in Devon from 1847.
Locke died in 1860, apparently from appendicitis, whilst on a shooting holiday. He is buried in London's Kensal Green Cemetery.
Locke Park in Barnsley was dedicated to his memory by his wife Phoebe in 1862. It features a statue of Locke plus a folly, 'Locke Tower'.
Locke's greatest legacy is the modern day West Coast Main Line (WCML), which was formed by the joining of the Caledonian, Lancaster & Carlisle, Grand Junction railways to Robert Stephenson's London & Birmingham Railway. As a result, around three quarters of the WCML's route was planned and engineered by Locke.
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