Alexander Amos.

About Alexander Amos

Alexander Amos (c.1831—1915) was a construction contractor in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, and in New Zealand. The contracts that he completed were for civil engineering works, especially railway lines and bridges. Commencing as a contractor, in Victoria, in the 1850s, he was subsequently in partnership, under the name Railway Contractors, with his brother Robert Amos (c.1832—1905) and Alexander Kerr, until January 1875. From 1875 to September 1889, he was in partnership with his brother Robert Amos, using the name A. and R. Amos, and built a number of railway lines in New South Wales. Most of his work was under contract to New South Wales Government Railways while under the management of Commissioner for Railways, Charles Goodchap, and Engineer-in-Charge, John Whitton.