Civil engineer. Born 27 Stamford Street. In London, worked on Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1845-8. Died at Bengeo, near Hertford.
Easy to confuse with his father of the same name, also a civil engineer. The father did the design work on a number of projects which the son saw through to construction. The name panel at IC may refer to either.
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Sir John Rennie
The pale plaque between the two dark ones carries some near-illegible etching...
{Below an etching of the Rennie bridge:} London bridge 1825 - 1967 These gran...
Nancy's Steps These steps and arch are surviving fragments of the 1831 London...
Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.
Sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Poetry, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, Italy
A civil engineering firm. Began as a partnership with Basil Mott and David Hay. David Anderson became a partner in 1920, on return from the army. In 1989 the company merged with Sir M MacDonald &a...
Born 13 Bedford Square, son of Halsey Ricardo. Mechanical engineer specialising in developing the internal combustion petrol and diesel engine. Died King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, following a ...
Senior 6th 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, Above Bar...
Born 80 Old Broad Street, eldest son of a banker. Goaded into writing his Apologia by a criticism from Charles Kingsley published in a magazine. Established The Brompton Oratory. Died Edgbaston, B...
James Edmondson, 1857 - 1931, Highbury builder, developed the surrounding streets from these premises, 1894 - 1897. London Borough of Isl...
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