Civil engineer. Born Devon. Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Built the Surrey Iron Railway which opened in 1803. Worked on the West India docks in London. Died Derbyshire.
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William Jessop
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
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Nine Elms Motive Power
This depot was responsible for the locomotives working out of Waterloo. Locomotive, carriage and wagon workshops were built in 1839 in Vauxhall at the end of Nine Elms Lane. Rebuilt following an 18...
2 memorials
Alexander Binnie
Civil engineer. Born 77 Ladbroke Grove. Worked in Wales and then India. Returned and in 1890 was appointed chief engineer to the London County Council. Worked on the Blackwall road tunnel, the...
3 memorials
Norwood pumping station
This building provided the propulsion for the Croydon atmospheric railway. We don't know when the building was demolished. This 1868 map shows a building approximately '50m north of the bridge' whi...
1 memorial
2 memorials
South End Road bridge reconstruction
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge built in 1864.
1 memorial
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