THE quaint Northern Ireland seaside town of Whitehead owes much to tourism. In fact, you can go as far as saying this County Antrim resort would simply not exist if it wasn't for the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway (BNCR) and its visionary manager, Edward John Cotton. Cotton had begun his railway career with the Great Western Railway in 1845, later moving to the North Eastern, before heading across the Irish Sea in 1853 to take up the post of manager with the Waterford & Kilkenny Railway. He was just 24.
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机译：古朴的北爱尔兰海滨小镇怀特海得归功于旅游业。实际上，您甚至可以说，如果不是贝尔法斯特与北部县铁路（BNCR）及其远见卓识的经理爱德华·约翰·科顿（Edward John Cotton），根本就不会存在这个安特里姆郡度假胜地。 Cotton于1845年在大西部铁路开始了他的铁路职业生涯，后来移居东北，然后于1853年横渡爱尔兰海，担任Waterford＆Kilkenny铁路的经理一职。他只有24岁。
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