Engineer. Born Scotland. In 1791 he moved to London and set up his own business mainly building canals, bridges, docks and harbours. In London his works included: Albion Mills, Waterloo Bridge, Southwark Bridge, London Bridge and the London Docks. Father of Sir John Rennie. Died at home in Stamford Street.
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John Rennie
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2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
Established by the British government. During World War II it contributed to ...
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge buil...
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