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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Rennie, the elder
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London Bridge - information/viewing panel
Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...
Nancy's Steps - plaque 1
Nancy's Steps These steps and arch are surviving fragments of the 1831 London...
Rennie Garden
The 3.25 metre panorama to which the text refers can be seen at the Governmen...
Other Subjects
George Croydon Marks
Engineer and politician. Born in Eltham. He was apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd in Birmingham and became head of the lifting-machinery department and an exp...
1 memorial
Sir William Heerlein Lindley
Civil engineer. Born at 50 Ferdinand Strasse, Hamburg. Worked with his father William Lindley on a number of engineering projects, including the Warsaw waterworks and the sewerage system in Prague,...
1 memorial
5 memorials
Arthur Ward
Junior Assistant 4th Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park,...
1 memorial
John Alfred Prestwich
Inventor and designer of engines. Born Kensington. He worked with Sebastian de Ferranti and the cinema pioneer William Friese-Greene to produce cameras, mutoscopes, cutting and perforation machine...
1 memorial
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