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2 unusual facts about John Rennie the Elder


John Rennie

John Rennie the Elder (1761–1821), engineer (factories, canals, design of London Bridge)

Ulverston Canal

He estimated the cost at £2,000, which had been raised by May 1792, but by this time, the engineer John Rennie had produced proper plans for a ship canal, estimated to cost £3,084, including the construction of a sea lock.


Dugald Sutherland MacColl

In the 1920s he campaigned, unsuccessfully, for the preservation of John Rennie's Waterloo Bridge.

River Welland

Two reports were produced, one by George Maxwell, and the second by Edward Hare, who had been assisted by William Jessop and John Rennie.


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